These are the establishments which have been given a score by inspectors they probably don't want on their door
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Everyone has their favourite place to eat, but do you know the food hygiene rating of yours?
Here we have listed the venues across the North East, including Newcastle, County Durham, Sunderland, Northumberland and Gateshead, that scored either zero or one out of five.
A one star rating means "major improvement necessary", while a five is given to sites where hygiene standards are "very good".
The ratings below were taken from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website as they appeared on January 31, 2020.
There are four establishments throughout the North East that have been given a zero rating by inspectors.
Meanwhile, there are plenty which have been scored just a one out of five.
The rating scheme, run in partnership with councils, helps people to make more informed choices about where to buy and eat food.
Each business is given their hygiene rating when it is inspected by a food safety officer from the business’s local authority. The food safety officer inspecting the business checks how well the business is meeting the law by looking at:
At the end of the inspection, the business is given one of the six ratings from zero to five.
The top rating of five means that the business was found to have “very good” hygiene standards.
Date of last inspection: 3 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 25 September 2019
Unit 19M Airport Industrial Estate
Date of last inspection: 8 August 2019
Date of last inspection: 17 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 27 April 2018
Date of last inspection: 10 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 14 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 May 2018
Date of last inspection: 13 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 7 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 14 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 08 October 2019
NOTE: According to the FSA website, Geek Retreat was rated a 5 when reinspected on January 30 2020
Date of last inspection: 5 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 15 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 25 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 19 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 15 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 5 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 8 August 2019
Date of last inspection: 12 August 2019
10 - 13 Newbiggin Hall Shopping Centre
Date of last inspection: 8 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 27 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 21 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 23 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 19 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 14 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 7 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 14 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 17 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 24 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 20 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 July 2019
Date of last inspection: 17 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 17 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 15 May 2019
Date of last inspection: 5 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 21 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 12 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 27 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 21 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 9 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 27 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 30 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 11 July 2019
Date of last inspection: 11 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 30 November 2017
Date of last inspection: 2 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 September 2018
Date of last inspection: 10 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 30 May 2019
Date of last inspection: 20 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 15 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 12 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 16 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 29 October 2018
Date of last inspection: 6 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 17 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 August 2019
Date of last inspection: 28 November 2018
Date of last inspection: 20 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 21 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 23 May 2018
Date of last inspection: 11 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 24 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 29 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 5 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 21 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 6 November 2018
Date of last inspection: 12 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 May 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 23 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 27 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 21 February 2018
Date of last inspection: 12 November 2018
Date of last inspection: 25 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 3 May 2019
Date of last inspection: 12 July 2018
Date of last inspection: 13 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 1 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 25 March 2015
Date of last inspection: 9 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 26 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 20 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 28 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 12 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 September 2018
Date of last inspection: 21 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 26 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 27 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 3 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 August 2019
Date of last inspection: 28 November 2018
Date of last inspection: 28 August 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 17 October 2018
Date of last inspection: 13 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 28 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 3 July 2018
Date of last inspection: 5 December 2019
Date of last inspection: 24 July 2019
Date of last inspection: 24 July 2019
Date of last inspection: 11 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 14 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 22 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 25 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 20 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 14 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 10 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 5 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 31 July 2018
Date of last inspection: 26 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 29 August 2018
11B Bladen Street Industrial Estate
Date of last inspection: 26 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 5 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 2 August 2019
Date of last inspection: 29 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 September 2019
Date of last inspection: 11 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 28 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 26 June 2019
Date of last inspection: 26 July 2018
Date of last inspection: 6 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 July 2019
Date of last inspection: 5 June 2018
Date of last inspection: 7 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 8 October 2019
Date of last inspection: 25 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 29 May 2019
Date of last inspection: 23 January 2019
Date of last inspection: 8 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 6 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 11 June 2018
Date of last inspection: 26 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 20 March 2019
Date of last inspection: 4 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 6 December 2018
Date of last inspection: 4 April 2019
Date of last inspection: 27 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 18 June 2018
Date of last inspection: 14 June 2018
Date of last inspection: 26 February 2019
Date of last inspection: 22 November 2019
Date of last inspection: 13 March 2019