The food hygiene ratings for every café in Hexham, Prudhoe and Ponteland are published by the Food Standards Agency.
We’ve taken a look at all the ones in the towns to see how they fared.
Inspections were carried out between 2017 and 2021.
Hexham
Adapt Cafe - Burn Lane - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 31, 2019
Bunters - Hallgate - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: November 27, 2019
Caffe Nero - Fore Street - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 29, 2019
Coffee Cup - Priestpopple - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 22, 2019
Costa Coffee - Fore Street - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: July 3, 2017
Molly Moos with Jennie - St Mary's Chare - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: September 14, 2021
Refectory Cafe - Beaumont Street - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 16, 2019
Shire Gate Cafe - Cattle Market - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: June 13, 2019
Small World Cafe - Market Place - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 16, 2019
The Garden Coffee House - Hallgate - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: November 27, 2019
The Hextol Tans - St Mary's Chare - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 16, 2019
The Queens Hall Cafe - Beaumont Street - Hygiene Rating 4 (good) - Date of inspection: April 23, 2019
The Rising Cafe - Beaumont Street - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: April 16, 2019
The Wentworth Cafe - Wentworth Place - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: April 30, 2019
Prudhoe
Caffe Ginevra - Prudhoe Retail Park - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 26, 2021
Caffe Ginevra- Front Street - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: June 30, 2021
No 22 - Front Street - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: October 16, 2019
The Corner Cafe - Front Street - Hygiene Rating 4 (good) - Date of inspection: May 31, 2018
Tyne Riverside Cafe - Station Road - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 30, 2019
Waves Cafe - Front Street - Hygiene Rating 3 (generally satisfactory) - Date of inspection: September 4, 2019
Ponteland
Jan's Kitchen - Bell Villas - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: July 25, 2019
Samms - Merton Road - Hygiene Rating 5 (very good) - Date of inspection: January 20, 2020
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