A RECENTLY opened restaurant in Worcester has received its new food hygiene rating.

Restaurant Waffle And More, located on 29 Broad Street, Worcester, was given the maximum score after assessment on Wednesday, September 4, the Food Standards Agency's website shows.

Waffle and More opened on Tuesday, August 13 and became the first franchise in the West Midlands

The business has four other restaurants across the country.

The rating means that of Worcester's 180 restaurants, cafes and canteens with ratings, 142 (79 per cent) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.