The Wallingford Tea Room food hygiene rating

The rating: 5 - Very good

This is a fresh result: The Wallingford Tea Room was inspected on 19 May 2026, so the rating reflects what the inspector found very recently.

Address: Unit 16 Lamb Arcade 83 High Street, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 0BX

How it compares in South Oxfordshire

That puts The Wallingford Tea Room among the 808 places in South Oxfordshire holding top marks, 71% of everywhere the council rates. A 5 is the norm here rather than the exception, so it is the rating to expect, not to be impressed by.

Every rated food business in South Oxfordshire

5 out of 5		808	71%	← The Wallingford Tea Room
4 out of 5		186	16%
3 out of 5		120	11%
2 out of 5		17	1%
1 out of 5		5	<1%
0 out of 5		0	0%

A further 116 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

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

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 The Wallingford Tea Room 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.

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