Hundreds of complaints about cleanliness and unsafe food were made about Brisbane restaurants last year with new data revealing the suburbs with the most accusations.

Brisbane City Council received 833 complaints relating to food safety in 2019 – 479 about food premises and 354 about unsafe food and infection.

A historical example of a complaint made to Brisbane City Council. Credit:Brisbane City Council

Brisbane's CBD was the worst area across the city for food safety violations followed by Fortitude Valley, according to new council data.

The next worst-performing were Upper Mount Gravatt and Sunnybank on the southside, each with about 30 complaints.