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UK food hygiene · Ashford

Ashford.
1,247 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Ashford with its official FSA hygiene rating. 89.8% score a 5. 3 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.85
Avg FSA
1,030
venues scored 5/5
3
scored 0 or 1

Ashford food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,247 food venues tracked in Ashford, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.85 out of 5 across 1,147 rated venues.
  • 1,030 venues scored 5/5 (89.8%).
  • 3 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Ashford in context

Ashford runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.85 across 1,147 rated venues.

89.8% of Ashford venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

3 Ashford venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.26% of rated stock, which keeps Ashford below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Ashford itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.7/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 5.0/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Ashford scores

1,147 rated · 100 awaiting
5
1,030 venues
89.8%
4
78 venues
6.8%
3
26 venues
2.3%
2
10 venues
0.9%
1
3 venues
0.3%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.

  • 1

    Caffe M

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN24 8SE

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    M.M Cash and Carry

    Retailers - other · TN23 1JJ

    Aug 2025

  • 1

    Uptown Loaded Fries

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN24 0SD

    Aug 2025

  • 2

    Flip Out Ashford

    Other catering premises · TN24 8DH

    Feb 2026

  • 2

    J Wanstall & Sons

    Retailers - other · TN25 7DF

    Feb 2026

  • 2

    YUM ASIA LTD

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN25 4ES

    Nov 2025

  • 2

    Shahi Dastarkhwan Ltd

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN23 1PF

    Jul 2025

  • 2

    Gurkha Bhansa Ghar

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN23 1LF

    Jul 2025

  • 2

    Gurkha Superstore

    Retailers - other · TN23 5NH

    Jun 2025

  • 2

    Store 93 Ltd

    Retailers - other · TN23 7SD

    May 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

Overdue inspection

Ashford venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

  • ?

    Funtasy Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TN23 1ED

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    La Dolce Shed

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · TN24

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Kent Sourdough Co

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · TN23

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Kent kebab house

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · TN23 1JA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Just Jerk

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · TN24 8TN

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Huffkins

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Ashford.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Other catering premises

237 venues in Ashford

4.9
avg score

Retailers - other

221 venues in Ashford

4.8
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

214 venues in Ashford

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

98 venues in Ashford

5.0
avg score

Mobile caterer

83 venues in Ashford

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

81 venues in Ashford

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

81 venues in Ashford

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

78 venues in Ashford

4.7
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Ashford.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Ashford, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Ashford?

RatingCafe tracks 1,247 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Ashford, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Ashford?

The average FSA hygiene score across Ashford is 4.85 out of 5. 89.8% of rated venues score a 5, and 3 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Ashford venues failed their FSA inspection?

Ashford currently has 3 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Ashford are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Ashford hygiene data?

All Ashford ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Across the UK

Other cities on RatingCafe.

All cities

Birmingham

10,108 venues

4.29 avg

Leeds

7,251 venues

4.67 avg

North Yorkshire

6,975 venues

4.78 avg

Glasgow

6,528 venues

4.6 avg

Manchester

6,452 venues

4.5 avg

Somerset

6,027 venues

4.84 avg

Highland

5,792 venues

4.56 avg

Westminster

5,561 venues

4.45 avg
Primary sources

Verify this independently.

RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Ashford data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.