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.
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 awaitingThe 10 we'd skip.
Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.
Garden Of England
Retailers - other · CT2 8BH
May 2025
Love Cafe
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 2SJ
Jun 2025
Beltinge Fish Bar
Takeaway/sandwich shop · CT6 6PB
Mar 2025
Ossie's (Broomfield) Fish & Chips
Takeaway/sandwich shop · CT6 7UD
PLAN BURRITO
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 2TG
The Orangery Tea Rooms Whitstable Castle
Retailers - other · CT5 2BW
The Cheese Box
Retailers - other · CT5 1DG
J C ( Oven Ready ) Game
Manufacturers/packers · CT3
Bangkok House
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 1NH
Oct 2025
Golden Moon
Takeaway/sandwich shop · CT5 1RD
Oct 2025
Most recent 5/5s.
Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.
With Nature Forest School
Other catering premises · CT3
Lilliput Pre-School
Caring Premises · CT1 1PA
Black Kite Cafe
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT3 4JH
Canterbury City Centre Premier Inn
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 3AS
Evangelical Church Hall
Caring Premises · CT5 1JX
Homing Club House Ltd
Pub/bar/nightclub · CT5 4BU
Co-Op Stores
Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · CT5 4EX
Surmans Butchers
Retailers - other · CT5 2AW
Fern And Farrow
Mobile caterer · CT4 5HU
Nonington Farms Limited
Manufacturers/packers · CT4 6HD
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.
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La French Crepes
stale · 1504moMobile caterer · CT6 7LQ
Jan 1901
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Cheeku's
stale · 1504moMobile caterer · CT2
Jan 1901
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Carol Wakefield
stale · 1504moRetailers - other · CT4
Jan 1901
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Chettans
stale · 1504moOther catering premises · CT2
Jan 1901
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Fight The Demon Performance Institute/Demonik House
stale · 1504moRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT6 8PJ
Jan 1901
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Eddington Cafe
stale · 1504moRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT6 5TR
Jan 1901
What's in Canterbury.
Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen
432 venues in Canterbury
Retailers - other
274 venues in Canterbury
Other catering premises
180 venues in Canterbury
Pub/bar/nightclub
170 venues in Canterbury
Caring Premises
147 venues in Canterbury
Takeaway/sandwich shop
122 venues in Canterbury
Mobile caterer
99 venues in Canterbury
School/college/university
90 venues in Canterbury
Most recent inspections in Canterbury.
With Nature Forest School
Other catering premises · CT3
Lilliput Pre-School
Caring Premises · CT1 1PA
Black Kite Cafe
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT3 4JH
Canterbury City Centre Premier Inn
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CT1 3AS
Evangelical Church Hall
Caring Premises · CT5 1JX
Homing Club House Ltd
Pub/bar/nightclub · CT5 4BU
Co-Op Stores
Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · CT5 4EX
Nonington Farms Limited
Manufacturers/packers · CT4 6HD
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.
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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.
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.