Revealed: food outlets with top-rated food hygiene in the St Albans area

Hygiene inspectors also need to have confidence in the management of the business.

The FSA says that any outlet should be able to achieve its top rating.

Here is a list of top rated restaurants, cafes and food shops in St Albans:

Alban City School, 7 Hatfield Road (September 9, 2013)

Ardmore House Hotel, 52-54 Lemsford Road (March, 13 2014)

Ashwell House, 167 Verulam Road ( January 30, 2014)

Bernards Heath Infant School, 154 Sandridge Road (February 3, 2014)

Bernards Heath Junior School Watson Avenue (September 10, 2013)

Blanc Brasserie, 3A Verulam Road (February 5, 2013)

Bar Meze, 8 Adelaide Street, ( March 7, 2014)

B&M Care Ltd, Clare Lodge, 8 Battlefield Road (March 6, 2014)

Brock House Nursery School, 6 Lemsford Road (August 16, 2013)

Busy Bees, 52 Bernard Street (February 11, 2014)

Cafe Alfresco, 84 Victoria Street (November 7, 2013)

Cafe Nes Alban Arena, Civic Centre, St Peters Street (June 20, 2013)

Cafe Rouge,29 Holywell Hill (December 11, 2012)

Camp Primary And Nursery School, Camp Road (July 9, 2013)

Clarion Collection Hotel Ryder House, Holywell Hill (July 4, 2013)

Cote Brasserie, 3 High Street (February 11, 2014)

Courtyard Cafe, 11 Hatfield Road (September 10, 2013)

Chez Mumtaj Second Floor, Centurian House, 136-142 London Road (March 20, 2013)

Cunningham Hill Infants School, Cell Barnes Lane (September 13, 2013)

Cunninghan Hill Junior School, Cell Barnes Lane (January 17, 2014)

Dixies Cupcakery, 11 Market Place (February 20, 2014)

Domino's Pizza, 3A Canberra House, London Road (October 3, 2012)

E S Hulse & Sons, 205 Cell Barnes Lane  (January 23, 2014)

Faces Fleetville Jm School, 228 Hatfield Road  (January 14, 2014)

Faces Fleetville Infant School, Royal Road  (July 17, 2013)

Fleetville Junior School, 228 Hatfield Road (September 13, 2013) 

Garden Fields JMI School, Townsend Drive ( November 25, 2013)

Grasshoppers Day Nursery, 20 York Road (August 2, 2013)

Greggs Plc, 15 St Peters Street (November 4, 2013)

Grove House Day Hospice, Runcie Wing, St Albans City Hospital, Waverley Road (June 19, 2013)

Heathlands School, Heathlands Drive (December 18, 2013)

Home From Home, 52 Bernard Street (September 10, 2013)

Jolly Sailor, Stonecross (March 25, 2014)

J Sainsbury Plc, Everard Close (January 28, 2014)

Jubilee Centre,  Catherine Street (April 11. 2013)

Koh-I-Noor Restaurant, 8 George Street (June 12, 2013)

La Cosa Nostra, 62 Lattimore Road (September 18, 2013)

L'Italiana, 3 French Row (October 16, 2013)

Little Stars Pre-School & Nursery St Lukes Church, Cell Barnes Lane (November 27, 2013)

Little Steps day Nursery, 1 Lancaster Road (September 11, 2013)

Londis, 92 Sandridge Road (August 6, 2013)

Loreto College, 104 Hatfield Road (November 22, 2012)

Maple Primary School Hall, Place Gardens (November 28, 2013)

Marks & Spencer plc, 19-21 St Peters Street ( March 7, 2013)

Methodist Church, Marlborough Road (July 22, 2013)

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery, 33A Ridgmont Road (July 18, 2013)

Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery, 1 Orient Close (July 31, 2012)

Mulberry Cafe,  94 London Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 1NX (November 27, 2013)

Mumtaj, 115 London Road (February 20, 2013)

Omsin's Thai Takeaway, 167 Hatfield Road (January 31, 2014)

O’Neills, 11-13 Victoria Street (May 22, 2013)

Pizza Express, 11-13 Verulam Road (January 23, 2014)

Premier Foods Centrium, Griffiths Way (December 12, 2013)

Prezzo, 3-5 The Colonnade, Verulam Road (December 10, 2012)

Santino's, 129 Hatfield Road ( October 3, 2013)

Simmons Bakers, 207 Hatfield Road (October 12, 2012)

Simmons Bakers, 9 French Row (November 22, 2012)

Smallford Campus Oaklands College City Campus, Hatfield Road (February 13, 2014)

St Albans Bowling Club Clarence Park, Clarence Road (July 24, 2013)

St Albans Children Centre Community Health Offices, Church Crescent (November 7, 2013)

St Albans City Football Club Clarence Park, Clarence Road ( March 4, 2014)

St Albans City Hospital, Waverley Road (February 5, 2013)

St Albans Conservative Club, 57 Hatfield Road (May 15, 2013)

Blanc Brasserie, Verulam Road

St Albans Crown Court, 4 Bricket Road (February 7, 2013)

St Albans High School for Girls, 1-3 Townsend Avenue (September 6, 2013)

St Albans School, Abbey Mill Lane (March 26, 2013)

St Albans& St Stephens Infants School, Vanda Crescent (January 28, 2013) 

Ss Alban And Stephen R C Junior School, Cecil Road (March 7, 2013)

St Michaels Manor, Fishpool Street (December 18, 2013)

St Peters School, Cottonmill Lane (July 10, 2013)

Stuart House, 149 London Road (September 28, 2012)

Subway, 28 Chequer Street (October 23, 2012)

Tesco Stores Ltd, 33-39 St Peters Street (November 4, 2013)

Thai Square, 27-28 George Street (October 11, 2013)

The Abbey C Of E Voluntary Aided Primary School, Grove Road (October 8, 2013)

The Alban Arena Civic Centre, St Peters Street (May 16, 2013)

The Boot, 4 Market Place (May 23, 2013)

The Bread Shop, 50 The Maltings (September 25, 2013)

The Camp, 149 Camp Road (September 13, 2012)

The Hare and the Hounds, 104 Sopwell Lane (January 15, 2014) 

The Horn, Victoria Street (February 27, 2013) 

The Mermaid, 98 Hatfield Road (September 18, 2013)

The New Gulshan, 141 Victoria Street (June 27, 2013)

The Shaken Cow, 17 High Street (August 1, 2013)

The Victoria, 82 Victoria Street ( January 9,2014)

Veer Dhara Restaurant & Bar, 81 St Peters Street (September 27, 2012)

Verdi's, 1A Clarence Road( November 1, 2012)

Wainscot House Nursery, 5 Harpenden Road (January 24, 2014)

Waterend Barn, St Peters Street (February 6, 2014)

West Cornwall Pasty Company, 5 Market Place (January 24, 2013)

W M Morrisons Supermarkets PLC, 244 Hatfield Road (January 29, 2014)

Zaza, 5 High Street (January 24, 2013)

Zizzi, 20 High Street (October 29, 2012)