New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to nine of Reading’s establishments, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows.

The following list was calculated on the Food Standards Agency's 0-5 tier system, and features all restaurants featuring on the agency's website listed under '0' or '1' in Reading.

Inspectors from the agency who review food hygiene in restaurants to later apply the ratings check the following three elements:

How hygienically the food is handled: how it is prepared, cooked, re-heated, cooled and stored.

The condition of the structure of the buildings: the cleanliness, layout, lighting, ventilation and other facilities.

How the business manages what it does to make sure food is safe and so that the officer can be confident standards will be maintained in the future.

Restaurants, cafes and canteens

The following ratings have been given to five restaurants, cafes or canteens:

• Rated 5: Pizza Hut Restaurant at The Oracle at Bridge Street, Reading; rated on October 27

• Rated 5: Caffe Nero at 148 Friar Street, Reading; rated on October 22

• Rated 5: Caffe Nero at 75 Broad Street, Reading; rated on October 12

• Rated 5: Caffe Nero at House of Fraser at The Oracle at Bridge Street, Reading; rated on October 7

• Rated 2: Bays Peri Peri at 6 West Street, Reading; rated on October 14

Pubs, bars and nightclubs

And two ratings have been handed to pubs, bars or nightclubs:

• Rated 5: Spinners at Unit 1a Queens Walk, Reading; rated on September 28

• Rated 3: The Red Cow Inn at 56 Star Road, Caversham, Reading; rated on September 23

Takeaways

Plus two ratings for takeaways:

• Rated 5: Boost Juice Bars at The Oracle at Bridge Street, Reading; rated on October 27

• Rated 5: Domino's Pizza at 427 Oxford Road, Reading; rated on October 19