A NUMBER of cafés, pubs, restaurants and takeaways across Dorset and west Hampshire have been handed new food hygiene ratings recently.   

A pizza and kebab takeaway which has been told ‘major improvement is necessary’ and a a bubble tea cafe in Bournemouth town centre with a ‘very good’ rating are included in this week’s round up. 

Each week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspects businesses across the country, assessing hygiene and safety, structural compliance and confidence in management.     

Across the UK, every food outlet including convenience stores, restaurants, hospitals and care homes are given a hygiene rating.      

What each hygiene rating means: 

0 - Urgent improvement necessary    

1 - Major improvement necessary    

2 - Some improvement necessary    

3 - Hygiene standards generally satisfactory      

4 - Hygiene standards good       

5 - Hygiene standards very good        

Here is a roundup of scores given by the FSA this week: 

Rated 1: 

Lymington Kebab and Pizza, in Queen Street, Lymington was given the score after assessment on December 11 

Rated 3: 

Golden Dragon Palace in Wimborne Road, Bournemouth was rated on December 12  

Rated 4: 

Noodle Bar Express, in Barrack Road, Christchurch was given the score after assessment on December 11 

Rated 5:  

Bubble Tea Party in Burlington Arcade, Bournemouth was rated on January 15 

Brasserie Blancin St Michael'S Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 12 

The Uncle Will in Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 11 

Wenzels The Bakers in Dolphin Centre, Poole was rated on January 8 

Rockwater at Branksome Chine, Poole was rated on January 3 

Bermuda Triangle in Parr Street, Poole was rated on January 15 

Fiveways in Charminster Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 4 

Aspendos Pizza Grill Mezze in Bournemouth Road, Poole was rated on January 5 

The Catch Fish and Chips in Lymington Road, Highcliffe was rated on January 5 

Chicken Cottage in Alma Road, Bournemouth was rated on January 4 

German Doner King in Shelley Road East, Bournemouth was rated on January 4 

Da Nunzio in Royal Arcade, Bournemouth was rated on January 3