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Tea Rooms food hygiene rating

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · Swansea

Tea Rooms holds a 3: generally satisfactory. The restaurant met the legal standard, but the inspector recorded enough minor issues that it fell short of a good or very good rating.

The rating: 3 - Generally satisfactory

The rating dates from 3 March 2026, 4 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.

Address: Pontardulais Garden And Conservatory Centre, Allt Y Graban Road, SA4 8DS

How it compares in Swansea

In Swansea, 68% of rated places manage a 5, so Tea Rooms sits behind roughly 1,876 nearby businesses. 10% of the borough shares its 3.

Every rated food business in Swansea
5 out of 5 1,463 68%
4 out of 5 413 19%
3 out of 5 209 10% ← Tea Rooms
2 out of 5 27 1%
1 out of 5 20 1%
0 out of 5 5 <1%

A further 296 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 Tea Rooms 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.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

The closest food businesses to Tea Rooms, nearest first, so you can see how it compares to its neighbours.

Business Distance Rating Inspected
Fountain Inn Pub/bar/nightclub 0.6 miles away 5 - Very good 24 April 2026
Castle Inn Pub/bar/nightclub 0.8 miles away 5 - Very good 7 August 2025
Llys y Tywysog Nursing Home Caring Premises 0.8 miles away 5 - Very good 9 January 2026
Pengelli Primary School School/college/university 0.8 miles away 5 - Very good 14 January 2026
Coaltown Coffee Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 0.9 miles away 5 - Very good 12 November 2024
Pitter Patter After School Club School/college/university 0.9 miles away 5 - Very good 22 September 2025
Co-op Pontarddulais St Teilo Street Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets 0.9 miles away 5 - Very good 21 May 2024
Pontarddulais Little People Flying Start School/college/university 0.9 miles away 5 - Very good 4 February 2026

Questions about Tea Rooms

What is Tea Rooms's food hygiene rating?

Tea Rooms has a food hygiene rating of 3 out of 5 (generally satisfactory), given by Swansea Council on 3 March 2026.

Is Tea Rooms safe to eat at?

A 3 means the restaurant met the legal standard, so it is lawful to eat there, but the inspector recorded issues that stopped it scoring higher. It is the middle of the scale.

When was Tea Rooms last inspected?

Tea Rooms was last inspected on 3 March 2026, 4 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by Swansea Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Tea Rooms?

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

How does Tea Rooms compare to other places in Swansea?

68% of the 2,137 rated food businesses in Swansea hold the top rating of 5, while Tea Rooms holds a 3. 209 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

Swansea Council inspects Tea Rooms 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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Understanding this rating

More food hygiene ratings near here

Tea Rooms is one of 53 rated food businesses in Pontarddulais. See every hygiene rating in Pontarddulais

Swansea inspects and rates 2,433 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in Swansea

The official record is held by the council: http://www.swansea.gov.uk

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