Pub/bar/nightclub 📍 Causeway Coast and Glens

Boyd Arms

Ballycastle

Food hygiene rating 5 / 5 · Very good

Squeaky clean

Boyd Arms scored a 5 out of 5 at its last inspection. Tuck in.

The breakdown

Hygiene Very good Cleanliness & condition Very good Confidence in management Very good

Last inspected on 1 August 2022 by Causeway Coast and Glens.

Rating over time

We have recorded 2 Food Standards Agency inspections for Boyd Arms, from January 2019 to August 2022. Its hygiene rating has gone up, from 2 in 2019 to 5 in 2022.

Food hygiene rating (0 to 5) at each FSA inspection of Boyd Arms.

Food hygiene rating history for Boyd Arms
Inspection date	Rating	Verdict
9 January 2019	2 / 5	Improvement necessary
1 August 2022	5 / 5	Very good

What does this rating mean?

Boyd Arms in Ballycastle has a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5 (very good). On the Food Standards Agency scale, 5 is the best and 0 is the worst. Yes - 5 is the top food hygiene rating. It means hygiene standards were very good at the last inspection.

The rating reflects standards found at the last inspection. It is not a verdict on how the food tastes - it scores how well the business manages food safety. How often a place is inspected depends on its risk: lower-rated and higher-risk businesses are revisited more often than spotless ones.

Where is it?

4 The Diamond,
Town Parks,
Ballycastle,
Antrim,
BT54 6AW

This is the official Food Standards Agency hygiene badge for Boyd Arms. The data is published by the FSA under the Open Government Licence.

Who inspects Boyd Arms?

Food hygiene at Boyd Arms is inspected by Causeway Coast and Glens, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk or [email protected].

Questions about Boyd Arms

What is Boyd Arms’s food hygiene rating?

Boyd Arms has a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5 (Very good), based on its last Food Standards Agency inspection on 1 August 2022.

When was Boyd Arms last inspected?

Boyd Arms was last inspected by Causeway Coast and Glens on 1 August 2022.

Is a 5 out of 5 hygiene rating good?

Yes - 5 is the top food hygiene rating. It means hygiene standards were very good at the last inspection.

What do the food hygiene scores mean?

The rating combines three checks made on the day of the inspection: how hygienically food is handled, the cleanliness and condition of the premises, and how confident the inspector is that management will keep standards up. A higher overall score, from 0 up to 5, means fewer problems were found.