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Pickled @ Riccall food hygiene rating

Retailers - other · North Yorkshire

Pickled @ Riccall holds a 4, meaning hygiene standards at the shop are good. It is a solid result, the inspector found nothing serious, though a 5 was just out of reach.

The rating: 4 - Good

This is a fresh result: Pickled @ Riccall was inspected on 14 May 2026, so the rating reflects what the inspector found very recently.

Address: Pickled @ Riccall Main Street, YO19 6QE

How it compares in North Yorkshire

In North Yorkshire, 86% of rated places manage a 5, so Pickled @ Riccall sits behind roughly 5,364 nearby businesses. 9% of the borough shares its 4.

Every rated food business in North Yorkshire
5 out of 5 5,364 86%
4 out of 5 544 9% ← Pickled @ Riccall
3 out of 5 212 3%
2 out of 5 56 1%
1 out of 5 49 1%
0 out of 5 1 <1%

A further 841 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

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 Pickled @ Riccall 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.

Questions about Pickled @ Riccall

What is Pickled @ Riccall's food hygiene rating?

Pickled @ Riccall has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (good), given by North Yorkshire Council on 14 May 2026.

Is Pickled @ Riccall safe to eat at?

The rating covers hygiene standards found at inspection, not the food itself. At 4 out of 5, the inspector found hygiene standards at this shop to be good, the top end of the scale.

When was Pickled @ Riccall last inspected?

Pickled @ Riccall was last inspected on 14 May 2026, a month ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by North Yorkshire Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Pickled @ Riccall?

The inspector scored three areas. Hygienic food handling was rated "good", the cleanliness and condition of the building "good", and confidence in the management of food safety "generally satisfactory". Lower concern in all three is what earns a high overall rating.

How does Pickled @ Riccall compare to other places in North Yorkshire?

86% of the 6,226 rated food businesses in North Yorkshire hold the top rating of 5, while Pickled @ Riccall holds a 4. 544 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

North Yorkshire Council inspects Pickled @ Riccall and sets the rating; the Food Standards Agency publishes it. Neither the business nor this site can change a rating, a business that disagrees can appeal to its council, and can request a re-inspection once it has fixed the problems.

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North Yorkshire inspects and rates 7,067 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in North Yorkshire

The official record is held by the council: https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/

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