A COLWYN Bay takeaway has been handed a new hygiene rating, the Food Standards Agency’s website shows.

The Masala, at 17 Abergele Road, was given a two-out-of-five score after assessment on March 13.

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The popular takeaway’s hygienic food handling was rated ‘improvement necessary’, while its cleanliness and condition of facilities and building and management of food safety were both rated ‘generally satisfactory’.

The Masala has a TripAdvisor rating of 4.5 after 75 reviews, the most recent saying “This place used to be the best in Colwyn bay but as gone downhill.”

It means that of Conwy's 158 takeaways with ratings, 117 (74%) have ratings of five and none have zero ratings.