New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to 15 of Southend’s establishments this month.

We have taken a look at the latest ratings to see how restaurants, takeaways and other establishments which sell food have fared.

Among those inspected are McDonald’s, Three Shells cafe and The Last Post.

What do the numbers mean?

 

0 - urgent improvement necessary

1 - major improvements necessary

2 - improvements necessary

3 - business generally satisfactory

4 - business good on assessment

5 - business seen as very good

Each restaurant is also judged on three categories ‘food hygiene and safety’, ‘structural compliance’ and ‘confidence in management’.

Each section is awarded a mark from ‘very good’ to ‘very bad’ and for ‘confidence in management’ from ‘high’ to ‘no confidence’.

Restaurants, cafes and canteens

The following ratings have been given to 11 restaurants, cafes or canteens:

• Rated 5: Costa Coffee at 1 The Royals, High Street, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 18

• Rated 5: Caddies at 12 London Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 17

• Rated 5: Cafe Masala at 187 The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, Essex; rated on March 16

• Rated 5: Gallacher's Smokehouse Bar & Grill at 1743 London Road, Leigh-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 14

• Rated 5: McDonald's at Mcdonalds, 72 - 74 High Street, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 14

• Rated 5: McDonalds at Airport Retail Park, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 11

• Rated 5: Sarah's Chocolate Kitchen Ltd at 83 Rayleigh Road, Eastwood, Essex; rated on March 11

• Rated 5: Khan Tandoori Restaurant at 16 High Street, Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 10

• Rated 5: The Three Shells At Sealife Adventure at The Three Shells, Sea Life Adventure Centre, Eastern Esplanade, Southend-On-Sea; rated on March 9

• Rated 5: Masoom at 138 The Broadway, Thorpe Bay, Essex; rated on March 7

• Rated 3: Frank & Lunas Ltd at Unit A, Olivia Court, 59 Canewdon Road, Westcliff-On-Sea; rated on February 9

Pubs, bars and nightclubs

And two ratings have been handed to pubs, bars or nightclubs:

• Rated 5: Southend Brewers Fayre at Brewers Fayre, 64 Eastern Esplanade, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 9

• Rated 5: The Last Post Public House at The Last Post, Weston Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on October 21

Takeaways

Plus two ratings for takeaways:

• Rated 5: Domino's Pizza at 78 - 80 Ness Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on March 8

• Rated 2: Royal Chicken & Pizza at 63 Southchurch Road, Southend-On-Sea, Essex; rated on February 21