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UK food hygiene · Darlington

Darlington.
912 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Darlington with its official FSA hygiene rating. 90.3% score a 5. 6 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.84
Avg FSA
746
venues scored 5/5
6
scored 0 or 1

Darlington food hygiene in one minute

  • 912 food venues tracked in Darlington, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.84 out of 5 across 826 rated venues.
  • 746 venues scored 5/5 (90.3%).
  • 6 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Darlington in context

Darlington runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.84 across 826 rated venues.

90.3% of Darlington venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

6 Darlington venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.73% of rated stock, which keeps Darlington below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Darlington itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.6/5 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 Darlington scores

826 rated · 86 awaiting
5
746 venues
90.3%
4
48 venues
5.8%
3
18 venues
2.2%
2
8 venues
1.0%
1
5 venues
0.6%
0
1 venues
0.1%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 0

    The Tap On Bondgate

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DL3 7JY

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    Ribbon

    Retailers - other · DL3 6JZ

    Oct 2025

  • 1

    New Leung Kee

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DL3 0ET

    Jan 2025

  • 1

    Croft W.M.C.

    Retailers - other · DL2 2DA

    Jan 2025

  • 1

    Pick And Pay

    stale · 23mo

    Retailers - other · DL1 4AQ

    Jun 2024

  • 1

    Pick And Pay

    stale · 23mo

    Retailers - other · DL1 2EL

    Jun 2024

  • 2

    Royal

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DL1 1XQ

    Oct 2025

  • 2

    Ming Chef

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DL1 2QD

    Sept 2025

  • 2

    Little Fat Buddha

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DL3 9EP

    Sept 2025

  • 2

    Parkgate News

    Retailers - other · DL1 1RZ

    Sept 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Darlington 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.

  • ?

    Card Factory

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DL1 4PJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Littler Childrens's Childminding

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · DL3

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    C\&A The Crafty Neighbours

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · DL1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    D\&D Cafe African Restaurant

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DL1 1PD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Currys

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DL1 4PU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Card Factory

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DL1 2EE

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Darlington.

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

Retailers - other

192 venues in Darlington

4.6
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

167 venues in Darlington

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

138 venues in Darlington

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

115 venues in Darlington

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

96 venues in Darlington

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

67 venues in Darlington

5.0
avg score

School/college/university

48 venues in Darlington

5.0
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

28 venues in Darlington

5.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Darlington.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Darlington, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Darlington?

RatingCafe tracks 912 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Darlington, 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 Darlington?

The average FSA hygiene score across Darlington is 4.84 out of 5. 90.3% of rated venues score a 5, and 6 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Darlington venues failed their FSA inspection?

Darlington currently has 6 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Darlington 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 Darlington hygiene data?

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