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UK food hygiene · Islington

Islington.
2,565 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Islington with its official FSA hygiene rating. 62.6% score a 5. 52 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.37
Avg FSA
1,515
venues scored 5/5
52
scored 0 or 1

Islington food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,565 food venues tracked in Islington, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.37 out of 5 across 2,421 rated venues.
  • 1,515 venues scored 5/5 (62.6%).
  • 52 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Islington in context

Islington sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.37 across 2,421 rated venues.

62.6% of Islington venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

52 Islington venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.15% of rated stock, which puts Islington above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Islington itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.1/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Islington scores

2,421 rated · 144 awaiting
5
1,515 venues
62.6%
4
490 venues
20.2%
3
276 venues
11.4%
2
88 venues
3.6%
1
50 venues
2.1%
0
2 venues
0.1%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Ekachai

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N1 9AG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Sadlers News

    new

    Retailers - other · EC1R 4SD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Le Cafe Du Marche

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EC1M 6DX

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Lantana Shoreditch

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Bap Foods Limited

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · EC1V 9AJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Industrious

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EC2A 1NQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Community Meal

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N1 4PL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Rosemary Branch Public House

    Pub/bar/nightclub · N1 3DT

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Belaforma (HCA)

    Other catering premises · N19

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Oak N4

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N4 3JU

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Islington 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.

  • ?

    Penang City

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N4 2DW

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Nisa Archway

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · N19 3RJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Nine (HCA)

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · N19

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Night Chef

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · N19 4HT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Zuri Flame (HCA)

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · N16

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Zeal Cafe

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N1 2BD

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Islington.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,000 venues in Islington

4.2
avg score

Retailers - other

441 venues in Islington

4.3
avg score

Other catering premises

324 venues in Islington

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

246 venues in Islington

4.1
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

225 venues in Islington

4.6
avg score

Caring Premises

91 venues in Islington

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

74 venues in Islington

4.9
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

67 venues in Islington

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Islington.

  • 5

    Ekachai

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N1 9AG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Sadlers News

    new

    Retailers - other · EC1R 4SD

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Le Cafe Du Marche

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EC1M 6DX

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Lantana Shoreditch

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Bap Foods Limited

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · EC1V 9AJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Industrious

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · EC2A 1NQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Belaforma (HCA)

    Other catering premises · N19

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Community Meal

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · N1 4PL

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Islington, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Islington?

RatingCafe tracks 2,565 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Islington, 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 Islington?

The average FSA hygiene score across Islington is 4.37 out of 5. 62.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 52 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Islington venues failed their FSA inspection?

Islington currently has 52 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Islington 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 Islington hygiene data?

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