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UK food hygiene · Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells.
1,070 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Tunbridge Wells with its official FSA hygiene rating. 82.2% score a 5. 7 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.74
Avg FSA
847
venues scored 5/5
7
scored 0 or 1

Tunbridge Wells food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,070 food venues tracked in Tunbridge Wells, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.74 out of 5 across 1,030 rated venues.
  • 847 venues scored 5/5 (82.2%).
  • 7 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Tunbridge Wells in context

Tunbridge Wells runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.74 across 1,030 rated venues.

82.2% of Tunbridge Wells venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

7 Tunbridge Wells venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.68% of rated stock, which keeps Tunbridge Wells below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Tunbridge Wells itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.5/5 while a typical other catering 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 Tunbridge Wells scores

1,030 rated · 40 awaiting
5
847 venues
82.2%
4
121 venues
11.7%
3
46 venues
4.5%
2
9 venues
0.9%
1
7 venues
0.7%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 1

    Momentum Coffee

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN1 1RB

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Bassetts Farm Tearoom And Cafe

    Other catering premises · TN12 7HE

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Camden Food Bazar

    Retailers - other · TN1 2RA

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    Signature

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN4 8AA

    Sept 2025

  • 1

    Odunje At The Bull

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TN17 4DE

    Aug 2025

  • 1

    The Weald Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN17 2PN

    Jul 2025

  • 1

    Birchwood House Rest Home

    Caring Premises · TN3 0TU

    Jul 2025

  • 2

    Perfect Charcoal Grill

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN1 2QY

    Feb 2026

  • 2

    Rosita's MortaDeli

    Retailers - other · TN17 3JU

    Dec 2025

  • 2

    Rusbridge Bakery

    Retailers - other · TN4 0PB

    Dec 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    KFC

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN2 3FB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Langtons Cafe, Sports And Community Hub

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN3 0JJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Dulce's Patisserie

    Retailers - other · TN1 2SR

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Palette Pizza & Art

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN1 2DU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Co-op

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · TN4 9HX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Family Tea Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN2 5PX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sun Kong House

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN12 6AE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Little Bull

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN12 7NQ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Bull At Benenden

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TN17 4DE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Genuine Dining Company At Swattenden Centre

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN17 3PR

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Tunbridge Wells 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.

  • ?

    Penelope Coffee

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · TN2 3EF

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Coffee Shop

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN2 4NE

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Slimming World Franchise

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TN2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sissinghurst Cricket Club

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TN17 2JB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sandhurst Nursery School

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · TN18 5JE

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Ocushield

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · TN1

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Tunbridge Wells.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

241 venues in Tunbridge Wells

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

211 venues in Tunbridge Wells

4.7
avg score

Other catering premises

171 venues in Tunbridge Wells

5.0
avg score

Caring Premises

90 venues in Tunbridge Wells

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

88 venues in Tunbridge Wells

4.7
avg score

School/college/university

81 venues in Tunbridge Wells

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

66 venues in Tunbridge Wells

4.5
avg score

Mobile caterer

48 venues in Tunbridge Wells

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Tunbridge Wells.

  • 5

    KFC

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN2 3FB

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Langtons Cafe, Sports And Community Hub

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN3 0JJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Dulce's Patisserie

    Retailers - other · TN1 2SR

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Palette Pizza & Art

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN1 2DU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Co-op

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · TN4 9HX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Family Tea Cafe

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN2 5PX

    Mar 2026

  • 4

    Black Horse P H

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TN2 4NY

    Mar 2026

  • 4

    Le Petit Gateau

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN1 2QR

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Tunbridge Wells, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Tunbridge Wells?

RatingCafe tracks 1,070 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Tunbridge Wells, 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 Tunbridge Wells?

The average FSA hygiene score across Tunbridge Wells is 4.74 out of 5. 82.2% of rated venues score a 5, and 7 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Tunbridge Wells venues failed their FSA inspection?

Tunbridge Wells currently has 7 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Tunbridge Wells 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 Tunbridge Wells hygiene data?

All Tunbridge Wells 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.

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