Every food hygiene rating published for a September inspection in West Oxfordshire was a 5, from a Witney takeaway and cafe to Burford's Angel. Full list of 29.
All 29 food businesses in West Oxfordshire with a published rating from a September inspection scored the top mark of 5. None scored lower.
The list runs from a Corn Street takeaway in Witney to pubs in Burford, Charlbury and the Wychwoods, and the kitchens serving five primary schools.
The ratings come from the Food Standards Agency register, which records each inspection by West Oxfordshire District Council’s environmental health officers. We checked the register on 4 October.
Witney
- USA Fried Chicken and Pizza, 7 Corn Street, takeaway, inspected 10 September
- Delice, 37A High Street, cafe, inspected 21 September
- Impact Food Group (Dolce) at Tower Hill Primary School, Moor Avenue, inspected 21 September
- Fresh Start Catering at West Witney Primary School, Edington Road, inspected 22 September
Villages around Witney
- Stonesfield Sports and Social, Field Close, Stonesfield, about five miles north-east, inspected 15 September
- Impact Food Group (Dolce) at Eynsham Community Primary School, Beech Road, Eynsham, about five miles east, inspected 21 September
Carterton and Brize Norton
Carterton is about five miles west of Witney.
- Asda and the Asda Coffee Shop, Black Bourton Road, Carterton, both inspected 6 September
- Lynwood and Co, Streatfield House, Alvescot Road, Carterton, inspected 6 September
- Impact Food Group (Dolce) at Edith Moorhouse Primary School, Lawton Avenue, Carterton, inspected 22 September
- Brize Meadow Lodge Care Home, Miles Drive, Brize Norton, inspected 21 September
- Vicky’s After School Club, Brize Norton Primary School, inspected 21 September
Burford
Burford is about seven miles west of Witney.
- The Angel, 14 Witney Street, pub, inspected 6 September
- Priory Restaurant, Priory Tea Rooms, 35 to 37 High Street, inspected 6 September
- Burford Garden Centre, Shilton Road, cafe, inspected 9 September
- W J Castle, 111 High Street, shop, inspected 9 September
Chipping Norton and nearby villages
Chipping Norton is about 11 miles north of Witney.
- Flamin Flavours, at the Kings Arms Hotel, West Street, takeaway, inspected 5 September
- The Co-op, 4 to 5 High Street, inspected 5 September
- Chipping Norton Cellars, 6 Market Place, shop, inspected 17 September
- Cotswold Burger Box, mobile caterer, inspected 19 September
- Banana Moon Day Nursery, Evans Way, inspected 21 September
- The Bell, Church Street, Charlbury, pub, inspected 5 September
- Impact Food Group (Dolce) at Charlbury Primary School, inspected 21 September
- The Fox, Enstone Road, Middle Barton, pub, inspected 5 September
- Impact Food Group (Dolce) at Middle Barton Primary School, inspected 21 September
- The Lamb Inn, High Street, Shipton-under-Wychwood, pub, inspected 5 September
- Rise and Flour Cafe, Shipton Road, Milton-under-Wychwood, inspected 5 September
Woodstock
Woodstock is about seven miles north-east of Witney.
- The Punch Bowl Inn, 12 Oxford Street, pub, inspected 2 September
- Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum cafe, Harrisons Lane, inspected 17 September
How the district compares
A clean month is not unusual here. Of the 1,019 West Oxfordshire food businesses that currently hold a rating, 964 are rated 5. That is about 95%.
The rest of the register breaks down like this:
- 42 businesses rated 4 (good)
- 8 rated 3 (generally satisfactory)
- 1 rated 2 (improvement necessary)
- 4 rated 1 (major improvement necessary)
- none rated 0
A further 58 premises are awaiting their first inspection, and 62 are exempt from the scheme.
What it means for you
- A 5 means the business was found to have very good hygiene standards on the day of the inspection. It does not rate the food or the service.
- Ratings usually reach the register a few weeks after the visit, because businesses have a right to appeal first. Some September inspections may not be listed yet, so this is not necessarily every visit made last month.
- Any business can ask for a re-visit after making improvements, and can publish a written right to reply alongside its rating on the register.
- To check anywhere before you eat, search the FSA register by name or postcode. Businesses in England do not have to display their sticker, so the register is the reliable place to look.
We publish the West Oxfordshire ratings each month.
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