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The Pollen Bakery
42 Aytoun Street, Manchester · M1 3GL
Highly CredibleHygiene 5/5★ 4.5(706 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
Reputation25 / 30
4.5★ from 706 reviews (weighted to 4.48)
Verification12 / 15
Google-verified listing, live website
Accolades5 / 15
Good Food Guide Local Gem 2026
Inspection freshness1 / 10
Last inspected over 3 years ago
Opening hours
- Monday: Closed
- Tuesday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Wednesday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Thursday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Friday: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Saturday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
- Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Classification
- Area
- City Centre / PiccadillyM1
- Borough
- Manchester
- Venue type
- Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen
Inspection detail
FSA sub-scores — lower is better.
- Hygiene & safety
- 0
- Structural condition
- 0
- Confidence in management
- 0
- Inspected
- Mar 2023
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