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UK food hygiene · Guildford

Guildford.
1,121 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Guildford with its official FSA hygiene rating. 80.7% score a 5. 7 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.74
Avg FSA
797
venues scored 5/5
7
scored 0 or 1

Guildford food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,121 food venues tracked in Guildford, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.74 out of 5 across 988 rated venues.
  • 797 venues scored 5/5 (80.7%).
  • 7 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Guildford in context

Guildford runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.74 across 988 rated venues.

80.7% of Guildford venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

7 Guildford venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.71% of rated stock, which keeps Guildford below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Guildford itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.4/5 while a typical caring 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 Guildford scores

988 rated · 133 awaiting
5
797 venues
80.7%
4
141 venues
14.3%
3
38 venues
3.8%
2
5 venues
0.5%
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

    Sea Salt

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · GU23 6AA

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    MeetspaceVR Guildford

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GU1 4UG

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    K Town Guildford

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GU1 3BJ

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    Ji Chicken

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · GU1 3HW

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    The Queen Stage

    Pub/bar/nightclub · KT24 5LU

    Jun 2025

  • 1

    Nisa Local

    Retailers - other · GU10 1AA

    May 2025

  • 1

    The Village Supermarket

    stale · 20mo

    Retailers - other · KT24 5LH

    Sept 2024

  • 2

    Cafe Xpress

    Takeaway/sandwich shop

    Sept 2025

  • 2

    The Bakery

    Retailers - other · GU1 1YP

    Jun 2025

  • 2

    Atlas World at Bam Nuttall Site

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GU1 1RR

    Jan 2025

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    The Big J Hawaiian Ice Cream Cone

    Mobile caterer · GU12

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Plucky Pheasant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GU4 8SE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Nomsta

    Manufacturers/packers · GU3 1EG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Twelve15 at Send C of E First School

    School/college/university · GU23 7BS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Worplesdon Primary School

    School/college/university · GU3 3NL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hope for change

    Distributors/Transporters · GU2

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Twelve15 at Chilworth Church of England Infant School

    School/college/university · GU4 8NP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    RGS Prep

    School/college/university · GU1 2EH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Christopher Robin Day Nurseries

    Caring Premises · GU1 1TN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bakehouse Surrey

    Other catering premises · GU4

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Guildford 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.

  • ?

    Ro's Veetu Mavu

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · GU12

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Street Tiffin

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · GU1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Stag on the river

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GU7 2QG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    ST Bazar

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · GU2 9XA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Simply Vegan

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · GU1

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    shah's secreto

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GU1 3JL

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Guildford.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

264 venues in Guildford

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

184 venues in Guildford

4.7
avg score

Other catering premises

175 venues in Guildford

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

113 venues in Guildford

4.6
avg score

School/college/university

91 venues in Guildford

4.9
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

77 venues in Guildford

4.4
avg score

Caring Premises

70 venues in Guildford

5.0
avg score

Mobile caterer

66 venues in Guildford

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Guildford.

  • 5

    The Big J Hawaiian Ice Cream Cone

    Mobile caterer · GU12

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Plucky Pheasant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · GU4 8SE

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Twelve15 at Send C of E First School

    School/college/university · GU23 7BS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Nomsta

    Manufacturers/packers · GU3 1EG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Worplesdon Primary School

    School/college/university · GU3 3NL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hope for change

    Distributors/Transporters · GU2

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Twelve15 at Chilworth Church of England Infant School

    School/college/university · GU4 8NP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Christopher Robin Day Nurseries

    Caring Premises · GU1 1TN

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Guildford, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Guildford?

RatingCafe tracks 1,121 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Guildford, 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 Guildford?

The average FSA hygiene score across Guildford is 4.74 out of 5. 80.7% of rated venues score a 5, and 7 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Guildford venues failed their FSA inspection?

Guildford 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 Guildford 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 Guildford hygiene data?

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