The team at South Tyneside Council regularly give businesses, shops and premises food hygiene ratings following assessments.
These are the new ratings for South Tyneside businesses which were awarded new star ratings across April 2025.
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Ratings range from zero to five stars, with zero meaning urgent improvement is required, one-star meaning major improvement is necessary, two-stars indicating some improvement is necessary, three meaning hygiene standards are generally satisfactory while four means hygiene standards are good and five means standards are very good.
All information is correct at the time of writing according to the Food Standards Agency.
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1. Ankara Kebab and Pizza
This takeaway which is now called Ankara Kebab and Pizza was recently awarded a new five star rating. | Google
3. The Criterion
The Criterion on Ocean Road in South Shields was recently awarded a new three star rating. | Google Maps
4. Madasafish
Madasafish in Whitburn was recently awarded a new four of of five rating. | Google