The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Portsmouth
South East · 1,808 registered food establishments · 63.3% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
90 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 111 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 330 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Portsmouth interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 137 improved 183 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
146 days median · 224 days average
across 532 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Sizzle And Co | → | |
| 2026-10-24 | Five Chefs / Greeky / Guac It / Pirimex & Others | → | PO3 6JL |
| 2026-10-24 | Little Stars Pre School | → | PO6 1DL |
| 2026-10-23 | PCK4You | → | PO5 2SQ |
| 2026-10-23 | Five Chefs / Greeky / Guac It / Pirimex & Others | → | PO3 6JL |
| 2026-10-23 | Border Force Short-Term Holding Facility | → | PO2 8SP |
Latest changes in Portsmouth
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | GB Gourmet Foods | PO3 5QQ |
| 2026-10-23 | Closed | Portsmouth Homeless Families Services | PO5 4EW |
| 2026-10-23 | Closed | Amuri | PO2 0BH |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | Olive Catering Services Ltd | PO6 1RT |
| 2026-10-20 | Opened | Pompey Bazar | PO2 7PD |
| 2026-10-20 | Opened | Smoke Zone Vape | PO2 0LN |
| 2026-10-20 | Opened | Vape City | PO5 2SE |
| 2026-10-20 | Takeover | Harry Ramsdens (Takeaway) | PO4 0SP |
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.
Ask the data
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