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UK food hygiene · Canterbury

Canterbury.
1,653 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Canterbury with its official FSA hygiene rating. 78.7% score a 5. 3 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.68
Avg FSA
1,173
venues scored 5/5
3
scored 0 or 1

Canterbury food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,653 food venues tracked in Canterbury, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.68 out of 5 across 1,491 rated venues.
  • 1,173 venues scored 5/5 (78.7%).
  • 3 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Canterbury in context

Canterbury tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.68 across 1,491 rated venues.

3 Canterbury venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.20% of rated stock, which keeps Canterbury below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Canterbury itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.1/5 while a typical other catering premises averages 4.9/5, 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 Canterbury scores

1,491 rated · 162 awaiting
5
1,173 venues
78.7%
4
183 venues
12.3%
3
117 venues
7.8%
2
15 venues
1.0%
1
2 venues
0.1%
0
1 venues
0.1%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 0

    Garden Of England

    Retailers - other · CT2 8BH

    May 2025

  • 1

    Love Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 2SJ

    Jun 2025

  • 1

    Beltinge Fish Bar

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CT6 6PB

    Mar 2025

  • 2

    Ossie's (Broomfield) Fish & Chips

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CT6 7UD

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    PLAN BURRITO

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 2TG

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    The Orangery Tea Rooms Whitstable Castle

    Retailers - other · CT5 2BW

    Mar 2026

  • 2

    The Cheese Box

    Retailers - other · CT5 1DG

    Dec 2025

  • 2

    J C ( Oven Ready ) Game

    Manufacturers/packers · CT3

    Dec 2025

  • 2

    Bangkok House

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 1NH

    Oct 2025

  • 2

    Golden Moon

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CT5 1RD

    Oct 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    With Nature Forest School

    Other catering premises · CT3

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Lilliput Pre-School

    Caring Premises · CT1 1PA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Black Kite Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT3 4JH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Canterbury City Centre Premier Inn

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 3AS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Evangelical Church Hall

    Caring Premises · CT5 1JX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Homing Club House Ltd

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CT5 4BU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Co-Op Stores

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · CT5 4EX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Surmans Butchers

    Retailers - other · CT5 2AW

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Fern And Farrow

    Mobile caterer · CT4 5HU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Nonington Farms Limited

    Manufacturers/packers · CT4 6HD

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Canterbury 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.

  • ?

    La French Crepes

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · CT6 7LQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Cheeku's

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · CT2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Carol Wakefield

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CT4

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Chettans

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CT2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Fight The Demon Performance Institute/Demonik House

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT6 8PJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Eddington Cafe

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT6 5TR

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Canterbury.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

432 venues in Canterbury

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

274 venues in Canterbury

4.8
avg score

Other catering premises

180 venues in Canterbury

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

170 venues in Canterbury

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

147 venues in Canterbury

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

122 venues in Canterbury

4.1
avg score

Mobile caterer

99 venues in Canterbury

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

90 venues in Canterbury

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Canterbury.

  • 5

    With Nature Forest School

    Other catering premises · CT3

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Lilliput Pre-School

    Caring Premises · CT1 1PA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Black Kite Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT3 4JH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Canterbury City Centre Premier Inn

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 3AS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Evangelical Church Hall

    Caring Premises · CT5 1JX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Homing Club House Ltd

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CT5 4BU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Co-Op Stores

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · CT5 4EX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Nonington Farms Limited

    Manufacturers/packers · CT4 6HD

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Canterbury, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Canterbury?

RatingCafe tracks 1,653 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Canterbury, 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 Canterbury?

The average FSA hygiene score across Canterbury is 4.68 out of 5. 78.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 3 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Canterbury venues failed their FSA inspection?

Canterbury 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 Canterbury 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 Canterbury hygiene data?

All Canterbury 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.

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