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UK food hygiene · Dartford

Dartford.
1,042 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Dartford with its official FSA hygiene rating. 77.0% score a 5. 9 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.65
Avg FSA
688
venues scored 5/5
9
scored 0 or 1

Dartford food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,042 food venues tracked in Dartford, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.65 out of 5 across 894 rated venues.
  • 688 venues scored 5/5 (77.0%).
  • 9 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Dartford in context

Dartford tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.65 across 894 rated venues.

77.0% of Dartford venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

9 Dartford venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.01% of rated stock, which keeps Dartford below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Dartford itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical caring premises 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 Dartford scores

894 rated · 148 awaiting
5
688 venues
77.0%
4
131 venues
14.7%
3
51 venues
5.7%
2
15 venues
1.7%
1
9 venues
1.0%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 1

    Stone Lodge Bowls Club Catering

    Pub/bar/nightclub

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Shine Foods

    Retailers - other · DA1 1DN

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    Food Plus Savemore

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · DA1 1EY

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    Jachin And Boaz Mini Market

    Retailers - other · DA10 0AB

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    Royal Tandoori

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DA2 6AN

    May 2025

  • 1

    Sami's Bakery

    Manufacturers/packers · DA11 9SR

    May 2025

  • 1

    Sans Mini Market

    Retailers - other · DA9 9JZ

    Dec 2024

  • 1

    West Hill Life After School Club @ St Anselms Primary School

    School/college/university · DA1 5AE

    Dec 2024

  • 1

    B And M Retail Ltd

    stale · 18mo

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · DA1 1LA

    Nov 2024

  • 2

    Vincents Fish And Chips

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DA1 1XF

    Feb 2026

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Dartford 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.

  • ?

    Marvel Kitchen London

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · DA11 9SW

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    M3H Supply And Distribution

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DA10 1BR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    M D Moores Chemist

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DA1 3EN

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Lakeland

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DA9 9SQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Joydens Wood Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DA2 7NJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Hodgson Pharmacy

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DA3 7QA

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Dartford.

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

Other catering premises

225 venues in Dartford

4.8
avg score

Retailers - other

204 venues in Dartford

4.6
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

181 venues in Dartford

4.6
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

99 venues in Dartford

4.3
avg score

School/college/university

73 venues in Dartford

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

68 venues in Dartford

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

67 venues in Dartford

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

61 venues in Dartford

4.4
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Dartford.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Dartford, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Dartford?

RatingCafe tracks 1,042 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Dartford, 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 Dartford?

The average FSA hygiene score across Dartford is 4.65 out of 5. 77.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 9 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Dartford venues failed their FSA inspection?

Dartford currently has 9 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Dartford 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 Dartford hygiene data?

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