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House of Books & Friends
Ground Floor, 81 King Street, Manchester · M2 4AH
Highly CredibleHygiene 5/5★ 4.9(432 reviews)
Hygiene rating of 4 or 5 and a well-evidenced reputation across a meaningful number of reviews.
100% evidence
- ⚠ Hygiene inspection is more than three years old
How this score was built
Scored against the evidence we actually hold (100% of the model). Greyed rows are signals we have not gathered for this venue yet — they are excluded from the score rather than counted as zero.
Food hygiene30 / 30
Food hygiene rating 5/5
Reputation29 / 30
4.9★ from 432 reviews (weighted to 4.81)
Verification15 / 15
Google-verified listing, live website, published phone
Accolades0 / 15
No recognised awards on record
Inspection freshness1 / 10
Last inspected over 3 years ago
Opening hours
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Saturday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Classification
- Cuisine
- Not yet classified
- Area
- City Centre / DeansgateM2
- Borough
- Manchester
- Venue type
- Other catering premises
Inspection detail
FSA sub-scores — lower is better.
- Hygiene & safety
- 0
- Structural condition
- 0
- Confidence in management
- 0
- Inspected
- Jul 2023
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