13 County Durham restaurants with one star hygiene

Food Standard Agency inspectors visited all of the venues across 2024, and have handed the low rating to all of these 13 places. 

The ratings, which are based on hygiene and safety, structural compliance and confidence in management are routinely updated.

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

In the North East and North Yorkshire, the vast majority of takeaways and restaurants continue to receive a rating of three or above.

But, there are a number that are identified as causes for concern which must either make "urgent" or "major" improvements.

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

We’ve rounded up the most recent results from inspections carried out in the last two months from the ratings that have been published by the Food Standards Agency and can be found here.

Most read:

• County Durham man who lost dad in bad blood scandal calls for interim payments
• Darlington school where pupils go on to study at Oxbridge named in UK's top 100
• Pupils 'felt faint' and 'nearly passed out' as classroom heat at school hit 28°C

Get more from The Northern Echo and stay informed with a digital subscription. Click here to find out more.

All ratings are as listed by the FSA on its website at the time of creating this list on Friday, August 16.

13 County Durham restaurants with one star hygiene:

• Best One, 130-132 Yoden Road, Peterlee, SR8 5DY, Last inspection: 23 May 2024
• Caesars Kitchen, 136 Front Street, Chester-Le-Street, DH3 3AY, Last inspection: 13 June 2024
• Crook Off Licence and Mini Market, 44 Hope Street, Crook, DL15 9HU, Last inspection: 8 March 2024
• Dhillons Golden Fry, 45 Gibside, Chester-Le-Street, DH2 2TT, Last inspection: 27 June 2024
• Fortune Star, 6 Lombard Place, Great Lumley, Chester-Le-Street, DH3 4QP, Last inspection: 22 January 2024
• Happy Eating, 10 Adelaide Row, Seaham, SR7 7EF, Last inspection: 21 June 2024
• King Chef, 26 Front Street, Sedgefield, Stockton On Tees, TS21 2AJ, Last inspection: 8 February 2024
• Little Sicily, 1 High Street, Sedgefield, TS21 2AU, Last inspection: 4 July 2024
• Memories of India, 3 Pelaw Bank, Chester-Le-Street, DH3 3TJ, Last inspection: 13 March 2024
• Peterlee Lodge Hotel, Bede Way, Peterlee, SR8 1BU, Last inspection: 13 December 2022
• Pizza Napoli, 42 Tweed Road, Spennymoor, DL16 6ST, Last inspection: 6 June 2024
• Premier - Beverley Way Store, 72-76 Beverley Way, Peterlee, SR8 2AT, Last inspection: 2 May 2024
• Premier - Easington Colliery Convenience Store, 2 Seaside Lane, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, SR8 3PF, Last inspection: 22 March 2024