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UK food hygiene · Dover

Dover.
1,162 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Dover with its official FSA hygiene rating. 82.1% score a 5. 20 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.70
Avg FSA
866
venues scored 5/5
20
scored 0 or 1

Dover food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,162 food venues tracked in Dover, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.70 out of 5 across 1,055 rated venues.
  • 866 venues scored 5/5 (82.1%).
  • 20 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Dover in context

Dover tracks the UK national average almost exactly, with a weighted FSA score of 4.70 across 1,055 rated venues.

82.1% of Dover venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

20 Dover venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.90% of rated stock, which puts Dover above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Dover itself, the typical retailers - other 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 Dover scores

1,055 rated · 107 awaiting
5
866 venues
82.1%
4
115 venues
10.9%
3
41 venues
3.9%
2
13 venues
1.2%
1
18 venues
1.7%
0
2 venues
0.2%
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.

Overdue inspection

Dover 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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    Deal Parochial School After School Provision

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · CT14 7ER

    Jan 1901

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    DEALT Kingsdown & Ringwould Afterschool Club

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · CT14 8DD

    Jan 1901

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    Dover Museum and Bronze Age Boat Gallery

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CT16 1PH

    Jan 1901

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    Sandwich kebab and pizza

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CT13 9BT

    Jan 1901

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    Superdrug Stores Plc

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CT14 7AE

    Jan 1901

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    Shake & Waffle.co

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · CT3

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Dover.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

249 venues in Dover

4.6
avg score

Retailers - other

182 venues in Dover

4.5
avg score

Other catering premises

145 venues in Dover

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

135 venues in Dover

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

104 venues in Dover

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

97 venues in Dover

4.6
avg score

School/college/university

80 venues in Dover

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

61 venues in Dover

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Dover.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Dover, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Dover?

RatingCafe tracks 1,162 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Dover, 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 Dover?

The average FSA hygiene score across Dover is 4.70 out of 5. 82.1% of rated venues score a 5, and 20 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Dover venues failed their FSA inspection?

Dover currently has 20 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Dover 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 Dover hygiene data?

All Dover 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

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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.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

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