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UK food hygiene · Brighton and Hove

Brighton and Hove.
2,948 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Brighton and Hove with its official FSA hygiene rating. 81.6% score a 5. 25 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.74
Avg FSA
2,263
venues scored 5/5
25
scored 0 or 1

Brighton and Hove food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,948 food venues tracked in Brighton and Hove, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.74 out of 5 across 2,772 rated venues.
  • 2,263 venues scored 5/5 (81.6%).
  • 25 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Brighton and Hove in context

Brighton and Hove runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.74 across 2,772 rated venues.

81.6% of Brighton and Hove venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

25 Brighton and Hove venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.90% of rated stock, which keeps Brighton and Hove below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Brighton and Hove itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.6/5 while a typical other catering 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 Brighton and Hove scores

2,772 rated · 176 awaiting
5
2,263 venues
81.6%
4
360 venues
13.0%
3
103 venues
3.7%
2
21 venues
0.8%
1
23 venues
0.8%
0
2 venues
0.1%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Stanley Arms PH

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BN41 1SS

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Guru World Foods And Spices

    new

    Retailers - other · BN1 4JU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Gingerbread World And Brighton Cakes Ltd

    new

    Other catering premises · BN2

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Creative Minds And Craft Designs

    new

    Retailers - other · BN41

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Brightstore Whitehawk

    new

    Retailers - other · BN2 5FL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Tates Texaco

    new

    Retailers - other · BN41 1SP

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Sanah's Mixing Bowl

    new

    Other catering premises · BN1

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Star And Garter

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BN1 1NE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Baker St Coffee

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BN1 4JN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Belle Vue Cakery

    new

    Other catering premises · BN2

    Apr 2026

Overdue inspection

Brighton and Hove 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.

  • ?

    Mandarin Garden

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BN3 8LD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Swallow House

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · BN2 3HP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Summer Adventure Camp

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · BN3 6NB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sullys

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BN41 2TQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Stem

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · BN3 2BE

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    St Peters Church

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · BN1 4GU

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Brighton and Hove.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

992 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

532 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.6
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

340 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

254 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

230 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

179 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

146 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

70 venues in Brighton and Hove

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Brighton and Hove.

  • 5

    Stanley Arms PH

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BN41 1SS

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Guru World Foods And Spices

    new

    Retailers - other · BN1 4JU

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cut Your Wolf Loose

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BN1 4EQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Foghorn (Wet Sales)

    new

    Pub/bar/nightclub · BN3 4EF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Brightstore Whitehawk

    new

    Retailers - other · BN2 5FL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mandy Young Cake Artistry

    new

    Other catering premises · BN1

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Gingerbread World And Brighton Cakes Ltd

    new

    Other catering premises · BN2

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Tates Texaco

    new

    Retailers - other · BN41 1SP

    Apr 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Brighton and Hove, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Brighton and Hove?

RatingCafe tracks 2,948 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Brighton and Hove, 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 Brighton and Hove?

The average FSA hygiene score across Brighton and Hove is 4.74 out of 5. 81.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 25 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Brighton and Hove venues failed their FSA inspection?

Brighton and Hove currently has 25 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Brighton and Hove 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 Brighton and Hove hygiene data?

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