Skip to content
UK food hygiene · Lewes

Lewes.
913 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Lewes with its official FSA hygiene rating. 84.3% score a 5. 11 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.76
Avg FSA
674
venues scored 5/5
11
scored 0 or 1

Lewes food hygiene in one minute

  • 913 food venues tracked in Lewes, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.76 out of 5 across 800 rated venues.
  • 674 venues scored 5/5 (84.3%).
  • 11 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Lewes in context

Lewes runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.76 across 800 rated venues.

84.3% of Lewes venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

11 Lewes venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.38% of rated stock, which puts Lewes above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

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

800 rated · 113 awaiting
5
674 venues
84.3%
4
84 venues
10.5%
3
26 venues
3.3%
2
5 venues
0.6%
1
10 venues
1.3%
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 Golden Rose

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    The Espresso Room

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BN7 2UP

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    Optimax Fuels Ltd

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BN7 3JJ

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    My Little Farm

    Farmers/growers · BN6 8RU

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Burts Bakery

    Manufacturers/packers · BN25 1RX

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Yorr Ltd

    Mobile caterer · RH15

    Aug 2025

  • 1

    Plumpton Green Stores

    Retailers - other · BN7 3BS

    Jul 2025

  • 1

    C Walbrin & Sons

    Retailers - other · BN25 1PA

    Jul 2025

  • 1

    Amie's Kitchen

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BN25 1PG

    Jun 2025

  • 1

    Newhaven coffee shop

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BN9 9PA

    Jun 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Lewes 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.

  • ?

    J's cafe

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BN8

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Emma Hawkins & Stefan Hawkins T/A Hawkins Farms

    stale · 1504mo

    Farmers/growers · RH15 0SX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Downsview Mobile Farm Shop

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · BN8 5UT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Company of Cooks @ Ridgeview Wine Estate

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BN6 8TP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    CNutrition

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BN8

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Bondfood Market Londis

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · BN25 3PY

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Lewes.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

330 venues in Lewes

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

163 venues in Lewes

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

88 venues in Lewes

4.7
avg score

Mobile caterer

65 venues in Lewes

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

51 venues in Lewes

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

51 venues in Lewes

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

47 venues in Lewes

4.3
avg score

Other catering premises

37 venues in Lewes

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Lewes.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Lewes, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Lewes?

RatingCafe tracks 913 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Lewes, 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 Lewes?

The average FSA hygiene score across Lewes is 4.76 out of 5. 84.3% of rated venues score a 5, and 11 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Lewes venues failed their FSA inspection?

Lewes currently has 11 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Lewes 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 Lewes hygiene data?

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