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UK food hygiene · Cambridge

Cambridge.
1,459 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Cambridge with its official FSA hygiene rating. 77.3% score a 5. 11 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.67
Avg FSA
1,004
venues scored 5/5
11
scored 0 or 1

Cambridge food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,459 food venues tracked in Cambridge, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.67 out of 5 across 1,298 rated venues.
  • 1,004 venues scored 5/5 (77.3%).
  • 11 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Cambridge in context

Cambridge tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.67 across 1,298 rated venues.

11 Cambridge venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.85% of rated stock, which keeps Cambridge below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Cambridge 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 Cambridge scores

1,298 rated · 161 awaiting
5
1,004 venues
77.3%
4
202 venues
15.6%
3
62 venues
4.8%
2
19 venues
1.5%
1
10 venues
0.8%
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

    Next Thing Education Camps

    new

    School/college/university · CB4 2JX

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Greggs PLC

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB1 1ER

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Costa

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB2 3NJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cantab Catering @ Cambridge University Rugby Club

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB3 9BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cantab Catering @ Cambridge University Athletics Track Pavilion

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB3 9AD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cantab Catering @ Cambridge Rugby Club

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB3 9ED

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Holroyd Howe - Stephen Perse - Sixth Form Cafe

    School/college/university

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Holroyd Howe - Stephen Perse Sixth Form

    School/college/university · CB2 1HX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Turtle Dove Cambridge Community Interest Company

    Mobile caterer · CB4 2ET

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Midsummer House Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB4 1HA

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Cambridge 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.

  • ?

    Katy's Cakes

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CB1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    HEALTHSPAN BIOTICS

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CB5

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Has antep kitchen / Has kara foods ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB1 7AJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    HAPPY COCONUT

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · CB3

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Friends Meeting House

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB5 8BA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Found

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Cambridge.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

490 venues in Cambridge

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

230 venues in Cambridge

4.7
avg score

Other catering premises

155 venues in Cambridge

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

131 venues in Cambridge

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

97 venues in Cambridge

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

96 venues in Cambridge

4.3
avg score

Mobile caterer

86 venues in Cambridge

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

55 venues in Cambridge

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Cambridge.

  • 5

    Next Thing Education Camps

    new

    School/college/university · CB4 2JX

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Greggs PLC

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB1 1ER

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Costa

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB2 3NJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cantab Catering @ Cambridge University Athletics Track Pavilion

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB3 9AD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cantab Catering @ Cambridge University Rugby Club

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB3 9BN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cantab Catering @ Cambridge Rugby Club

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CB3 9ED

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Holroyd Howe - Stephen Perse Sixth Form

    School/college/university · CB2 1HX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Holroyd Howe - Stephen Perse - Sixth Form Cafe

    School/college/university

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Cambridge, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Cambridge?

RatingCafe tracks 1,459 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Cambridge, 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 Cambridge?

The average FSA hygiene score across Cambridge is 4.67 out of 5. 77.3% of rated venues score a 5, and 11 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Cambridge venues failed their FSA inspection?

Cambridge 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 Cambridge 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 Cambridge hygiene data?

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