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UK food hygiene · Medway

Medway.
2,111 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Medway with its official FSA hygiene rating. 80.2% score a 5. 22 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.72
Avg FSA
1,562
venues scored 5/5
22
scored 0 or 1

Medway food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,111 food venues tracked in Medway, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.72 out of 5 across 1,948 rated venues.
  • 1,562 venues scored 5/5 (80.2%).
  • 22 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Medway in context

Medway runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.72 across 1,948 rated venues.

80.2% of Medway venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

22 Medway venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.13% of rated stock, which keeps Medway below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Medway itself, the typical retailers - other averages 4.5/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Medway scores

1,948 rated · 163 awaiting
5
1,562 venues
80.2%
4
281 venues
14.4%
3
70 venues
3.6%
2
13 venues
0.7%
1
21 venues
1.1%
0
1 venues
0.1%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Shaws Wood Care Home

    new

    Caring Premises · ME2 3BU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Naz's Rasoi

    Other catering premises · ME2 4JB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    St Mary's Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · ME2 4DG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Castle View House

    Caring Premises · ME2 3PP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Subway

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · ME4 4HP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Subway

    Other catering premises · ME7 3PD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Burger King

    Other catering premises · ME3 9QD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Silver Sea Chinese Takeaway

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · ME8 9PW

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Golden Grill

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · ME7

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Top Kebab

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · ME7 5XE

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Medway 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.

  • ?

    Mai Chaps/Bethel Strides Foods

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · ME5

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wheely Fun Club North Kent

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · ME8 9LY

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Headgehogs Early Years Hempstead

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · ME7 3QG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Hazlenut Press

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · ME1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Haus Of Monae UK

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · ME5

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Happy Tokyo

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · ME2 2BD

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Medway.

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

Other catering premises

570 venues in Medway

4.8
avg score

Retailers - other

429 venues in Medway

4.5
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

313 venues in Medway

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

219 venues in Medway

4.5
avg score

Caring Premises

164 venues in Medway

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

126 venues in Medway

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

115 venues in Medway

4.7
avg score

Mobile caterer

88 venues in Medway

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Medway.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Medway, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Medway?

RatingCafe tracks 2,111 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Medway, 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 Medway?

The average FSA hygiene score across Medway is 4.72 out of 5. 80.2% of rated venues score a 5, and 22 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Medway venues failed their FSA inspection?

Medway currently has 22 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Medway 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 Medway hygiene data?

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