It’s a new year and the Isle of Wight food hygiene inspectors have been busy – here are the latest scores and which establishments you should try and perhaps those you should swerve.
The latest bunch of restaurants, bakeries, shops and food-producing outlets have all been inspected since the start of the year.
They are judged by the Isle of Wight Council’s environmental hygiene inspectors on how clean the establishment is, what conditions are like, how hygienic the food handling is and the food safety management procedures in place.
They are rated on a scale, produced by the Foods Standards Agency, ranging from 0 ‘Urgent Improvement Necessary’ to 5 ‘Very Good’.
Here are the scores on the doors for the latest round of inspections…
5 – Very Good
- Chocolate Apothecary, Ryde
- The Garlic Farm Restaurant, Newchurch
- Candies Sweet Shop, Shanklin
- The Blacksheep Bar, Ryde
- Jasper’s Coffee, Gurnard
- Stotesburys, Newport
- Shipmates, Cowes
- Fanny’s Farm Shop, Freshwater
- Sails of Cowes
- The Isle of Wight Biscuit Company, Godshill
- Grace’s Bakery, Ryde
- Quarr Abbey Tea Shop
- Adgestone Wine
- Isle of Wight Farm Shop, Godshill
- The Woodvale Hotel, Gurnard
- Slab Artisan Fudge, East Cowes
- Freshwater Greengrocers
- The Adelaide Club, Ryde
- Shalfleet Village Stores
- The Shanklin Abbeyfield Society
- Free Food in Sandown, Lake
- Powys House, East Cowes
- Victoria House, Ryde
- Highfield House, Shanklin
- Fairhaven Care Home, Ryde
- PO41 Production Kitchen, Chessell Pottery, Calbourne
- Cowes Enterprise College – Caterlink
- Greenmount Community Primary and Pre-School — Compass
- Brading C of E Primary – Compass
4 – Good
- Marlborough Store, Ryde
- The George Inn, Newport
- Drunken Lobster, Ventnor
- Angel Bar and Grill, Carisbrooke
- The Ryde Charcoal Grill
- Bluebell House, Ventnor
3 – Generally Satisfactory
- Ryde Tandoori
- Oggies, Newport
- The Mandarin, Ventnor
- Chumma Kitchen, Ryde
2 – Improvement Necessary
- None
1 – Major Improvement Necessary
- Aj’s Diner, Ryde
0 – Urgent Improvement Necessary
- None
