The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Belfast City
Northern Ireland · 3,184 registered food establishments · 72.7% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
113 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 39 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 76 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Belfast City interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 234 improved 239 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
55 days median · 77 days average
across 1,189 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 76 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 Belfast City
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Honeyco | → | |
| 2026-10-24 | Doughy Delights | → | BT5 4SZ |
| 2026-10-24 | Ravenhill Court Care Home | → | BT6 0FT |
| 2026-10-24 | homebakesbyrekha | → | |
| 2026-10-24 | DarMisk Grill | → | BT9 7EJ |
| 2026-10-24 | Camile Thai Ballyhackamore | → | BT4 3EX |
Latest changes in Belfast City
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Avenue Brasserie | BT9 6DY |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | St Oliver Plunkett PS Breakfast Club | BT11 8AY |
| 2026-10-24 | Takeover | The Wee Cafe | BT13 1FR |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Sizzlers | BT17 9RY |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Greggs | BT17 9NP |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Mike’s Pizza Belfast | BT4 2GD |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | 5 Pointz Pizza | BT12 4PE |
| 2026-10-24 | Opened | Aine O Sullivan | BT6 0LT |
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.
Chains in Belfast City
Every branch of these chains here, with its rating, rating date and inspection standards. The number is how many branches.
Spar · 29 Subway · 28 Caffe Nero · 23 Co-op · 20 Tesco · 20 Greggs · 13 Starbucks · 13 Boots UK Ltd · 12 Iceland · 12 KFC · 10 Lidl · 10 Premier · 9 Costa Coffee · 8 McDonalds · 8 B & M Retail Ltd · 7 Home Bargains · 7 Domino's Pizza · 6 Mace · 6 Well Pharmacy · 6 Burger King · 5 Card Factory · 5 Caterlink · 5 Holland & Barrett · 5 Costcutter · 4 Marks & Spencer · 4 Nando's · 4 Pizza Express · 4 Poundland · 4 Aramark · 3 Argos · 3 Asda · 3 Five Guys · 3 Sally Salon Services Ltd · 3 Savers · 3 Superdrug · 3 Tim Hortons · 3 Black Sheep Coffee · 2 Cake Box · 2 Fireaway Pizza · 2 Gather & Gather Limited · 2 Hotel Chocolat · 2 Next · 2 Nisa Local · 2 Pizza Hut · 2 Poundstretcher · 2 Pret A Manger · 2 Sainsbury's · 2 Slim Chickens · 2 The Corner Shop · 2 The Hub · 2 The Pantry · 2 The Salvation Army · 2 TK Maxx · 2 WH Smith · 2 Wok Inn · 2 Zizzi · 2 Baxterstorey · 1 Breakfast Club · 1 China City · 1 Chopstix Noodle Bar · 1 Claire's · 1 Costcutters · 1 Food Warehouse · 1 Golden Fry · 1 Holiday Inn · 1 Hollywood Bowl · 1 Krispy Kreme · 1 Menkind · 1 Muffin Break · 1 New Look · 1 Oliver Bonas · 1 One Stop · 1 Papa Johns · 1 Pepe's Piri Piri · 1 Pizza Time · 1 Popeyes · 1 Primark · 1 Sizzlers · 1 Slimming World · 1 Sports Direct · 1 Sushi Gourmet · 1 Tasty Bites · 1 The Bakery · 1 The Beehive · 1 The Bridge · 1 The Coffee House · 1 The Hatch · 1 The Kitchen · 1 The Olive Branch · 1 The Sweet Spot · 1 Wagamama · 1 Wetherspoons · 1 Wingstop · 1 Yo! Sushi · 1 Yo! To Go! · 1
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