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UK food hygiene · Hackney

Hackney.
2,593 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Hackney with its official FSA hygiene rating. 64.9% score a 5. 31 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.43
Avg FSA
1,425
venues scored 5/5
31
scored 0 or 1

Hackney food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,593 food venues tracked in Hackney, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.43 out of 5 across 2,196 rated venues.
  • 1,425 venues scored 5/5 (64.9%).
  • 31 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Hackney in context

Hackney sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.43 across 2,196 rated venues.

64.9% of Hackney venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

31 Hackney venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.41% of rated stock, which puts Hackney above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Hackney itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical caring premises averages 4.8/5, 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 Hackney scores

2,196 rated · 397 awaiting
5
1,425 venues
64.9%
4
444 venues
20.2%
3
216 venues
9.8%
2
80 venues
3.6%
1
27 venues
1.2%
0
4 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

Hackney 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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    Tamaris French Tacos

    stale · 1516mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · E8 4AU

    Jan 1900

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    Dear Diana Cafe

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N4 2SB

    Jan 1901

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    House of Sportsshoes

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E1 6JE

    Jan 1901

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    Holy Trinity CE Primary School

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · E8 3DY

    Jan 1901

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    Holy Calzone

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · E2 8

    Jan 1901

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    Holroyd Howe@ The Lyceum School

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · EC2A 2DU

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Hackney.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,076 venues in Hackney

4.4
avg score

Retailers - other

520 venues in Hackney

4.3
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

284 venues in Hackney

4.3
avg score

Other catering premises

226 venues in Hackney

4.7
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

132 venues in Hackney

4.4
avg score

Caring Premises

81 venues in Hackney

4.8
avg score

Mobile caterer

77 venues in Hackney

4.6
avg score

School/college/university

64 venues in Hackney

4.5
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Hackney.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Hackney, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Hackney?

RatingCafe tracks 2,593 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Hackney, 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 Hackney?

The average FSA hygiene score across Hackney is 4.43 out of 5. 64.9% of rated venues score a 5, and 31 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Hackney venues failed their FSA inspection?

Hackney currently has 31 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Hackney 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 Hackney hygiene data?

All Hackney 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

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