North Tyneside Food Hygiene: Every August Rating Was a 5

Every food hygiene rating published for North Tyneside in August was a 5, the top mark. The Food Standards Agency register lists 28 inspection results dated between 3 and 27 August 2026, and all 28 scored 5 out of 5.

Nine of the 28 are in Whitley Bay itself, with the rest spread across Tynemouth, Cullercoats, North Shields, Wallsend and the western half of the borough. The venues range from a Front Street deli to a care home kitchen and the cafe inside the ice rink.

One caution on the numbers: the register publishes a few weeks behind the inspections themselves, so results from late August may still be added. This list is what North Tyneside Council’s inspectors have published so far.

The Whitley Bay nine

• Honeycomb Deli NE Ltd, 24 Front Street, rated 5 on 4 August
• Nord Bottle Shop, 165 to 167 Park View, 4 August
• The Fat Ox, 278 Whitley Road, 4 August
• J J W Shop, Whitley Bay Holiday Park, Blyth Road, 6 August
• Sainsbury’s Local, Park View Shopping Centre, 6 August
• Shore Yoga Ltd, 11 Earsdon Road, 12 August
• Wynn’s Catering, the cafe at Whitley Bay Ice Rink, Hillheads Road, 12 August
• Crab And Waltzer, 2 to 8 Marine Avenue, 17 August
• Shukran Indian Restaurant, 43 Esplanade, 19 August

Tynemouth and Cullercoats

• Cullercoats Coffee On Front Street, 69 Front Street, Tynemouth, 10 August
• The Cooperative food store on John Street, Cullercoats, 13 August

North Shields

• Miller And Carter Tynemouth, the steakhouse on Preston North Road, 3 August
• Enigma Tap, 60 Bedford Street, 4 August
• Seaview Fisheries, 12 to 14 Union Quay, 10 August
• Rosmarino, Church Way at Saville Street, 14 August
• Edith Moffat House, the care home on Albion Road, 18 August
• Like Chinese Takeaway, 237 to 239 Bridge Road South, 25 August
• Tynemouth Nursery at Billy Mill, Queen Alexandra Road West, 27 August

Wallsend and the west of the borough

• Golden Harvest Takeaway, 25 Eskdale Avenue, Wallsend, 5 August
• Craft Burger Wallsend, 99 High Street West, 12 August
• Sidhu Fish And Chips, Coastway Shopping Centre, Battle Hill, 19 August
• The Ship, 101 High Street West, Wallsend, 25 August
• Sandringham Court, Blackfriars Way, Longbenton, 25 August
• Shiremoor Community Association, Stanton Road, Shiremoor, 17 August
• The Flying Scotsman, Briar Edge, Forest Hall, 26 August
• The Clayton Arms, Grieves Row, Dudley, at the northern edge of the borough, 27 August

Two more 5s went to small registered food businesses with no published street address: Cakes4All in NE30 on 3 August and From Me To You in NE12 on 6 August. The register withholds addresses for some home-based businesses.

How the borough compares

A clean sweep is less surprising than it sounds, because North Tyneside’s baseline is strong. Of the 1,435 venues on the register with a current rating, 1,253 hold a 5. That is 87 per cent.

The rest of the register breaks down like this:

• rated 4: 111 venues
• rated 3: 42
• rated 2: 17
• rated 1: 12
• rated 0: none at all

Inspectors score three things on each visit: how food is handled, the condition of the building, and how the business manages and records food safety. The single worst of the three caps the overall rating, so a 5 means none of the three showed a problem.

What it means for you

• Every venue above passed its latest inspection with the top mark. You can check any cafe, takeaway or pub in the borough on the Food Standards Agency register before you book.
• A rating reflects the day of inspection, and older ratings stay up until the next visit. The date matters as much as the number.
• New venues appear on the register a few weeks after inspection, so a recently opened business with no rating yet is normal.
• Planning a meal out? Our things to do in Whitley Bay page covers the coast, and the recently reopened Dolphin in Tynemouth holds a 5 from its last inspection too.