Papa John's food hygiene ratings
There are 424 Papa John's sites in the United Kingdom with a published food hygiene rating. Each is inspected by its own local council, the chain does not rate itself, and a rating earned in one town says nothing about the branch in the next. 22 sites are in Scotland, which uses a pass-or-improve scheme rather than a score out of five, and so are not counted in the figures below.
How Papa John's scores
87% of rated Papa John's branches hold the top score of 5, and 96% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.80 out of 5, comfortably ahead of the roughly 70% of all UK food businesses that hold a 5.
| 5 out of 5 | 341 | 87% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 36 | 9% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 12 | 3% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 3 | 1% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 1 | <1% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 1 | <1% |
A further 30 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated Papa John's branches
5 branches hold a rating of 2 or below, including 1 rated 0. That is 1% of Papa John's's rated sites. A low rating is not a closure order, the business is required to fix what the inspector found.
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| Branch | Council | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papa Johns Pizza W3 6BJ | Ealing | 0 - Urgent improvement necessary | 12 January 2026 |
| Papa Johns Pizza NG17 1DA | Ashfield | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 27 February 2026 |
| Papa John's EC1M 3JB | Camden | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 8 June 2026 |
| Papa John's Pizza DA15 7DN | Bexley | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 19 January 2026 |
| Papa Johns TQ4 5BW | Torbay | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 14 November 2025 |
Questions about Papa John's
What is Papa John's's food hygiene rating?
Papa John's does not have a single rating. Every one of its 424 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 87% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.80 out of 5.
Is Papa John's clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 87% of Papa John's branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 5 branches score 2 or below.
Which Papa John's has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 5 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 394 rated sites.
Who inspects Papa John's?
Not Papa John's. Environmental health officers at each site's local council carry out the inspection, unannounced, and set the rating. The Food Standards Agency publishes the result. A chain cannot rate itself, and cannot change a rating.
Where the branches are
The councils inspecting the most Papa John's branches.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Camden, Somerset, Birmingham, Bristol, Great Yarmouth, Fife, Medway
Other chains
Data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland under the Open Government Licence. Branches are identified from the business names councils publish; one trading under an unusual name may not be counted here. This site is not affiliated with Papa John's.