State guide

Restaurant health inspection grades in West Virginia

GradeLocal lists 5,674 West Virginia restaurants. Their average score is 83.4, a B. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

5,674restaurants listed

83.4 · Baverage score

25counties covered

Oct 15, 2026latest inspection date

See every West Virginia grade

Who inspects restaurants in West Virginia

County health departments that post itemized inspections (25 counties). West Virginia publishes no score, so GradeLocal counts violations. Inspections since January 2024.

Coverage: 25 of 55 counties. All sources

What West Virginia publishes

The agencies behind our West Virginia listings publish violation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every West Virginia score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades West Virginia restaurants

For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D.

Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.

There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.

How grades work has the full rules.

Most common official results in our West Virginia data, and the letter each became
Official result	Letter	Listings
0 violations	A	2,465
1 violation	B	964
2 violations	B	653
3 violations	C	450
4 violations	C	318
5 violations	C	236
6 violations	D	158
7 violations	D	86

How West Virginia restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 5,674 listings.

2,465

43.4% · grade A

1,617

28.5% · grade B

1,004

17.7% · grade C

588

10.4% · grade D

Inspection dates in our West Virginia data run from Jan 8, 2024 to Oct 15, 2026. 5,093 of the 5,674 listings (89.8%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in West Virginia

Every A-grade place in our West Virginia data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in West Virginia

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

County	Restaurants	Average
Berkeley County	463	74.8 · C
Boone County	77	95.0 · A
Cabell County	576	89.3 · B
Calhoun County	22	84.5 · B
Fayette County	141	78.8 · C
Greenbrier County	238	84.4 · B
Hancock County	186	85.5 · B
Hardy County	81	83.4 · B
Harrison County	376	85.6 · B
Kanawha County	895	86.6 · B
Lewis County	89	85.5 · B
Marion County	305	87.1 · B
Mercer County	169	81.2 · B
Mineral County	134	91.1 · A
Monongalia County	595	87.6 · B
Morgan County	67	65.4 · D
Nicholas County	125	81.0 · B
Pleasants County	33	83.2 · B
Putnam County	244	74.1 · C
Raleigh County	294	72.3 · C
Ritchie County	40	84.4 · B
Roane County	39	76.4 · C
Wayne County	68	82.5 · B
Wirt County	17	87.4 · B
Wood County	400	80.6 · B

Questions about West Virginia grades

Who inspects restaurants in West Virginia?

County health departments that post itemized inspections (25 counties). West Virginia publishes no score, so GradeLocal counts violations. Inspections since January 2024.

What does West Virginia publish: a score, a letter or something else?

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in West Virginia?

For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.

How many West Virginia restaurants are on GradeLocal?

5,674 restaurants in 25 counties. The average score is 83.4, a B. 43.4% have an A.

How current are the West Virginia grades?

Inspection dates in our West Virginia data run from Jan 8, 2024 to Oct 15, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.