How grading works in Waverley.

Start with the local scale

This council uses the UK Food Hygiene Rating Scheme. Businesses are rated from 0 to 5, and a HIGHER number is better: 5 is very good, 4 good, 3 generally satisfactory, 2 improvement necessary, 1 major improvement necessary, and 0 urgent improvement necessary. The rating reflects food handling, the condition of the premises, and how well food safety is managed, and it is the council's most recent official result.

A score is not universal

Never compare results between cities. Some departments add points for violations, others use pass/fail, and a lower score can mean a better result.

Read beyond the latest result

Check the inspection date, each recorded violation, and any follow-up inspection. Closures and re-inspections are labeled in each restaurant’s history.

What's covered here

This page covers restaurants and other food-service businesses inspected under Waverley Council (via the UK Food Standards Agency)'s restaurant program. Small markets, bodegas, and corner stores that sell food are usually inspected under a separate retail food program, which most areas don't publish as open records. If a store you're looking for doesn't turn up in search, that's the most common reason — it may be a real, licensed business that simply isn't part of this particular inspection program.