Watford.
969 food venues,
fully inspected.
Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Watford with its official FSA hygiene rating. 77.6% score a 5. 4 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.
Watford food hygiene in one minute
- 969 food venues tracked in Watford, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
- Average FSA score: 4.69 out of 5 across 851 rated venues.
- 660 venues scored 5/5 (77.6%).
- 4 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
- Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.
Watford in context
Watford tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.69 across 851 rated venues.
4 Watford venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.47% of rated stock, which keeps Watford below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.
Within Watford itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.4/5 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 Watford scores
851 rated · 118 awaitingThe 10 we'd skip.
Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.
The Victoria
Pub/bar/nightclub · WD19 4BU
Poprika
Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD17 1BJ
Jul 2025
Budgens
Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · WD18 7QR
Jun 2025
Kismat Tandoori Restaurant
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD19 4BL
Apr 2025
The Viking
Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD18 6NT
VP ANNAS EXPRESS
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD24 6PR
Watford Cafe
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD24 6PQ
The Shamrock
Pub/bar/nightclub · WD18 7QJ
Apr 2025
Hanako
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 1BD
Apr 2025
Giardino 14 Coffee
Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD17 1EU
Jan 2025
Most recent 5/5s.
Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.
Kokoro
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 2BS
Oxhey Early Years Centre
Caring Premises · WD19 4RL
Love Churros London
Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD17 2AU
The Florist
Pub/bar/nightclub · WD17 2DJ
Authentic Thai Cuisine, Nascot Arms
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 4QS
BBs Coffee & Muffins
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 2TF
2 Madrasi
Mobile caterer · WD18 7LY
TGI Fridays
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 1LQ
Jimmy's Kitchen
Retailers - other · WD18
Kaur Balance
Retailers - other · WD17
Watford 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.
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Dolphina Gymnastics Club
stale · 1504moTakeaway/sandwich shop · WD25
Jan 1901
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Happy Tokyo
stale · 1504moTakeaway/sandwich shop · WD18 8AA
Jan 1901
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Gourmet Pizza And Desserts
stale · 1504moRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD24 5RR
Jan 1901
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EVORAGCONNECTLTD
stale · 1504moImporters/Exporters · WD17
Jan 1901
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Delta Mart
stale · 1504moRetailers - other · WD24 5FZ
Jan 1901
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Dolki
stale · 1504moRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD24 7UY
Jan 1901
What's in Watford.
Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.
Retailers - other
316 venues in Watford
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen
224 venues in Watford
Other catering premises
114 venues in Watford
Takeaway/sandwich shop
78 venues in Watford
Caring Premises
58 venues in Watford
School/college/university
49 venues in Watford
Pub/bar/nightclub
43 venues in Watford
Mobile caterer
35 venues in Watford
Most recent inspections in Watford.
Kokoro
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 2BS
Oxhey Early Years Centre
Caring Premises · WD19 4RL
Love Churros London
Takeaway/sandwich shop · WD17 2AU
Authentic Thai Cuisine, Nascot Arms
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 4QS
The Florist
Pub/bar/nightclub · WD17 2DJ
BBs Coffee & Muffins
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 2TF
2 Madrasi
Mobile caterer · WD18 7LY
TGI Fridays
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · WD17 1LQ
Food hygiene in Watford, questions answered.
How many food venues are rated in Watford?
RatingCafe tracks 969 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Watford, 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 Watford?
The average FSA hygiene score across Watford is 4.69 out of 5. 77.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 4 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.
Which Watford venues failed their FSA inspection?
Watford currently has 4 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Watford 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 Watford hygiene data?
All Watford 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.
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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.
Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.
Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.
All Watford data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.