How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works

• Search for local Food Hygiene Ratings
• How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works
• How we rate a food business' hygiene
• Last month's businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5
• Food Hygiene Rating Scheme stickers

Search for local Food Hygiene Ratings

Use the link below to search for local Food Hygiene Ratings:

Note: the search works best if you input a street name and town name (eg Chapel Road, Worthing) rather than a postcode.

Search UK Food Hygiene Ratings on the Food Standards Agency website (includes interactive map)

Ratings are uploaded regularly, so keep checking the site before you go out.

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How the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme works

Developed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in partnership with local authorities, the national Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) makes information on food hygiene standards publicly available. The scheme is designed to help you choose where to eat or shop for food by telling you how seriously a food business takes their food hygiene standards.

Food businesses are inspected by our food hygiene inspectors to check that their hygiene levels meet legal requirements. Hygiene standards are rated on a scale from 0 (urgent improvement is required) to 5 (very good).

This information is then published on the Food Standards Agency website and on ratings stickers which food businesses can choose to display at their premises.

Video: About the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme by the Food Standards Agency

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How we rate a food business' hygiene

The rating we give a business reflects the standards of food hygiene found at the time of inspection. This includes:

• Food hygiene and safety: how food is stored, handled and prepared to avoid cross-contamination and control temperatures etc.
• Physical condition of the business: considering cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and pest control etc.
• Confidence in management: the management's attitude towards hygiene and safety (procedures, training, demonstration of hygiene and food safety technical knowledge) as well as the business's track record

The rating scheme does not reflect the quality of the food being prepared or the dining experience.

For more information please see:

• How we rate a food business' hygiene - in our businesses section
• Food Hygiene Rating Scheme on Food Standards Agency website

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Last month's businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5

Last month the food safety team were able to award more businesses with a Food Hygiene Rating of 5. A full alphabetical list of these premises is available below:

November 2025:

• +39 Pizza on the Road, former 195 Heene Road, Worthing, BN11 4NN
• Bolt Espresso, 1 Elizabeth Place, Sompting, Lancing, BN15 9UJ
• Deli Marche, Area 5, Southlands Hospital, Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea,
• Devil's Dyke Gin, 28 Kings Road, Southwick, Brighton, BN42 4RJ
• East Worthing Pharmacy, 90 Ham Road, Worthing, BN11 2QY
• Hardy’s Fudge, 45 Pines Avenue, Worthing, BN14 9JG
• Istanbul Café, 50 Heene Road, Worthing, BN11 3RG
• Kamsons Pharmacy, 4-6 Manor Parade, Salvington Road, Worthing, BN13 2JP
• Knight's Butchers, 12 Strand Parade, Worthing, BN12 6DJ
• Lancing Premier Bakery, Unit 5, Crown Buildings, 33 Chartwell Road, Lancing, BN15 8SP
• Lidl, 34 North Street, Worthing, BN11 1DU
• Lidl, Unit 1, Malthouse Trading Estate, Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6RJ
• McDonald's, Holmbush Centre, Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6TD
• Pan & Kebab, 26 Crabtree Lane, Lancing, BN15 9PQ
• Premier Education, Goring Church of England Aided Primary School, 35a Palmerston Avenue, Worthing, BN12 4RN
• River Café & Bistro, 6 High Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DA
• Rowland Pharmacy, 31 North Road, Lancing, BN15 9AH
• Shoreham and Adur Community Foodbank, Shoreham Free Church, Buckingham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6WF
• St Barnabas House, 2 Titnore Lane, Worthing, BN12 6NZ
• Starbucks, 22-26 South Street, Worthing, BN11 3AA
• Sunrise and Sunset Club, St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cobden Road, Worthing, BN11 4BD
• The Amsterdam Inn (also T/A 88th Street, Value Mighty, Sin City Burger, K-Town, Fluster Cluck and Locked and Loaded), The Amsterdam, 467-471 Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WQ
• The Ham Sandwich Company, 86 Ham Road, Worthing, BN11 2QY
• The Sand Project, 26 Riverbank, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5YH
• Truffles bakery, 1 Queensway, Lancing, BN15 9AY

See also:

• Search for a Food Hygiene Rating for a premises (above)

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Food Hygiene Rating Scheme stickers

Businesses are not legally required to display their Food Hygiene Rating Scheme sticker as there are no local byelaws in Adur or Worthing requiring businesses to display their rating sticker.

However, if a business is displaying a sticker with an incorrect rating score, then please be advised that this will be referred to Trading Standards as they are the enforcing authority for this issue (as it relates to the provision of information for the customer).

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