Pal News \& Booze food hygiene rating

The rating: 3 - Generally satisfactory

The rating dates from 20 August 2025, 12 months ago. Councils typically re-inspect higher-risk businesses every six months to two years, with well-run, low-risk places visited least often, so this is a normal gap.

This sits in the middle for Solihull, where 4% of rated places score below 3 and 91% score 4 or 5. See all Solihull ratings →

Address: 32 Rathlin Croft, Smiths Wood, Solihull, B36 0PJ

How it compares in Solihull

In Solihull, 79% of rated places manage a 5, so Pal News \& Booze sits behind roughly 1,136 nearby businesses. 5% of the borough shares its 3.

Every rated food business in Solihull

5 out of 5		989	79%
4 out of 5		147	12%
3 out of 5		64	5%	← Pal News \& Booze
2 out of 5		16	1%
1 out of 5		32	3%
0 out of 5		4	<1%

A further 151 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

• Hygienic food handling Generally satisfactory
• Cleanliness & condition of the building Good
• How well they manage food safety Generally satisfactory

An inspection scores three things: how food is handled, the physical condition of the premises, and how much the inspector trusts management to keep standards up. At Pal News \& Booze none of the three raised a concern, the overall rating is only ever as strong as its weakest area, so a clean sweep is what produces a high score.

Understanding this rating

• What does a 0 food hygiene rating mean? A 0 means the inspector found serious problems and urgent improvement is necessary. It is the lowest rating the scheme gives, but it is not a closure order, and a business with a 0 can, and usually does, keep trading while it puts things right.
• Does a low hygiene rating mean the food is unsafe? A low rating tells you that an inspector found problems on a particular day. It is not a measurement of the food, it is not a prediction, and it is not a verdict on whether you will get ill. It is the best single signal a member of the public has, and it is a snapshot.
• Does a business have to display its hygiene rating? It depends where you are. In Wales and Northern Ireland a food business must display its rating where you can read it before you go in. In England it is voluntary, a business there can legally show you nothing.

More food hygiene ratings near here

Pal News \& Booze is one of 22 rated food businesses in Smiths Wood. See every hygiene rating in Smiths Wood →

Solihull inspects and rates 1,403 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in Solihull →

The official record is held by the council: https://www.solihull.gov.uk/environment-and-animals/food-safety