Businesses are given a rating out of five for three areas: the management of food safety, cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building, and hygienic food handling.
Five can mean very good, four means good, three means generally satisfactory, two means some improvement necessary, one means major improvement necessary, and zero means urgent improvement necessary.
Track & Tonic on Park End Street was slammed with a zero-out-of-five food hygiene rating in August 2026.
Oxford City Council environmental health officers deemed that the management of food safety needed major improvement, that hygienic food handling also needed improvement, and that the cleanliness and condition of facilities and building needed urgent improvement.
The central convenience store previously operated under the name Uni Food and Wine, which was handed a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating in May this year.
The Chef Imperial Restaurant on High Street in Woodstock was visited by West Oxfordshire District Council environmental health officers in July this year, where it was slapped with a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating.
Inspectors deemed the hygienic food handling and the cleanliness and condition of the building’s facilities needed improvement. Meanwhile, the management of food safety needed ‘major improvement’.
Wolvercote Local on Godstow Road was also slapped with a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating after an inspection in August.
Inspectors from Oxford City Council found the hygienic food handling generally satisfactory, while the cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building needed improvement, and the management of food safety needed major improvement.
Bicester Pizza House on Deans Court in Bicester was visited by Cherwell District Council environmental health officers in August.
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Pokhara Delight (Image: Ed Nix)
Inspector slammed the restaurant with a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating after the management of food safety was deemed to need ‘major improvement’.
Meanwhile, the hygienic food handling and the cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building also needed improvement.
The Woodstock Arms on Market Street in Woodstock was another business hit by a low food hygiene rating after an inspection in July.
Environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire District Council gave the business a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating after major improvement was necessary for hygienic food handling and the management of food safety.
Meanwhile, the cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building were deemed ‘generally satisfactory’.
Nepalese restaurant, Pokhara Delight, was slammed with a one-out-of-five food hygiene rating after an inspection in July.
Environmental health officers from West Oxfordshire District Council said the restaurant in Witney had generally satisfactory hygienic food handling.
However, the cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building and the management of food safety were deemed ‘major improvement necessary’.
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