The Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspects food hygiene levels to ensure food establishments are up to standard across Leeds, in partnership with the local authority. The food hygiene rating is not a guide to food quality, but gives clear information about the businesses’ hygiene standards.
Inspectors rate establishments in the following areas:
Hygienic food handling – Hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage
Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building – Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building (including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control) to enable good food hygiene
Management of food safety – System or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future
Each area is given a rating from zero to five which then factors towards the overall rating of the eatery, with five representing ‘very good’ hygiene standards and zero outlining ‘urgent improvement’ is necessary.
In 2026 so far, these 14 restaurants, cafes and takeaways in Leeds have been awarded a score of 2 stars or below. This means that improvement is necessary, with inspectors ordering major improvement for establishments with a 1 star rating.
1. Grille And Co
Takeaway Grille And Co in Middleton District Centre, Middleton, was rated 1* on March 4. Inspectors found that improvement was necessary for its hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. Its management of food safety was rated as ‘major improvement necessary’. | Google
2. London Street Kitchen
Restaurant London Street Kitchen in Brudenell Road, Hyde Park, was rated 1* on March 6. Inspectors found its hygienic food handling to be ‘generally satisfactory’. However, it was rated ‘improvement necessary’ for cleanliness and condition of facilities and building, and ‘major improvement necessary’ for management of food safety. | Food Standards Agency
3. Woo Kee Chop Suey Bar
Takeaway Woo Kee Chop Suey Bar in Station Road, Cross Gates, was rated 2* on January 21. Inspectors found that its hygienic food handling and management of food safety was ‘generally satisfactory’. However, it was rated ‘improvement necessary’ for cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. | Google
4. Daily Shawarma
Takeaway Daily Shawarma in Hyde Park Road, Hyde Park, was rated 2* on February 23. Inspectors found its management of food safety and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building was ‘generally satisfactory’. However, it was rated ‘improvement necessary’ for its hygienic food handling. | Google
5. Wok2China And Pizza Box
Takeaway Wok2China And Pizza Box in Stanningley Road, Armley, was rated 2* on February 18. Inspectors found its management of food safety was ‘generally satisfactory’. However, it was rated ‘improvement necessary’ for its hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. | Adobe Stock
6. DFC Takeaway
DFC Takeaway in Harehills Road, Harehills, was rated 2* on January 19. Inspectors found its management of food safety was ‘generally satisfactory’. However, it was rated ‘improvement necessary’ for hygienic food handling and cleanliness and condition of facilities and building. | Google