The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Portsmouth
South East · 1,801 registered food establishments · 63% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
86 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 103 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 331 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Portsmouth interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 134 improved 182 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
146 days median · 224 days average
across 522 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 331 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).
Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.
Latest published ratings in Portsmouth
New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | Flora Coffee And Florist | → | PO3 6AL |
| 2026-10-07 | Castaway Cove | → | PO1 3TZ |
| 2026-10-07 | Costalia | → | |
| 2026-10-07 | Sunnie Matcha | → | |
| 2026-10-07 | Ottoman Kitchen | → | PO2 0BN |
| 2026-10-07 | Essence Of Cake | → |
Latest changes in Portsmouth
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | Opened | Okey Retail Oriental Supermarket | PO5 1LP |
| 2026-10-07 | Opened | The Sambar Sisters | |
| 2026-10-07 | Takeover | Church's Chicken | PO1 4AH |
| 2026-10-07 | Opened | Strong Island | PO5 3AY |
| 2026-10-07 | Closed | Serendib Pride | |
| 2026-10-07 | Closed | Restaurant 27 | PO5 2JF |
| 2026-10-07 | Closed | Whody (Delivery Kitchen) / Wings & Shake | PO1 4AH |
| 2026-10-07 | Closed | Paanchi | PO1 5HH |
Contact the council
Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.
These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.
If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.
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