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UK food hygiene · Luton

Luton.
1,716 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Luton with its official FSA hygiene rating. 65.6% score a 5. 26 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.45
Avg FSA
877
venues scored 5/5
26
scored 0 or 1

Luton food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,716 food venues tracked in Luton, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.45 out of 5 across 1,337 rated venues.
  • 877 venues scored 5/5 (65.6%).
  • 26 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Luton in context

Luton sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.45 across 1,337 rated venues.

65.6% of Luton venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

26 Luton venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.94% of rated stock, which puts Luton above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Luton itself, the typical retailers - other 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 Luton scores

1,337 rated · 379 awaiting
5
877 venues
65.6%
4
255 venues
19.1%
3
167 venues
12.5%
2
12 venues
0.9%
1
21 venues
1.6%
0
5 venues
0.4%
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

    Costa

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LU1 2TJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    H & H Ices

    new

    Mobile caterer · LU3 1QR

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Carene's Delightful Cakes

    new

    Other catering premises · LU1

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mr Swirly

    new

    Mobile caterer · LU1

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Petal and Crumb Bakes

    Other catering premises · LU2

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Baklava Company

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LU1 2RD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Grand Park Hall

    Other catering premises · LU1 3HG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Asda

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · LU2 9TA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Smokehouse@The Cannon

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LU2 8BJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sylwia's Cakes

    Retailers - other · LU4

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Luton 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.

  • ?

    Fontora Limited

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LU2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Boss Burgers also trading as Boss Potatos

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · LU1 1RT

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Break Br3ad LTD

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · LU2

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Brew & Nibble

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · LU4 8NU

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Happy Pop

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LU1 2TD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Halalicious Sweets Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · LU4

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Luton.

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

Retailers - other

425 venues in Luton

4.1
avg score

Other catering premises

340 venues in Luton

4.7
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

269 venues in Luton

4.3
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

227 venues in Luton

4.2
avg score

Mobile caterer

110 venues in Luton

4.7
avg score

Caring Premises

96 venues in Luton

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

85 venues in Luton

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

53 venues in Luton

4.5
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Luton.

  • 5

    Costa

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LU1 2TJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    H & H Ices

    new

    Mobile caterer · LU3 1QR

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Carene's Delightful Cakes

    new

    Other catering premises · LU1

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Mr Swirly

    new

    Mobile caterer · LU1

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Baklava Company

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · LU1 2RD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Petal and Crumb Bakes

    Other catering premises · LU2

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Grand Park Hall

    Other catering premises · LU1 3HG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Asda

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · LU2 9TA

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Luton, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Luton?

RatingCafe tracks 1,716 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Luton, 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 Luton?

The average FSA hygiene score across Luton is 4.45 out of 5. 65.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 26 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Luton venues failed their FSA inspection?

Luton currently has 26 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Luton 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 Luton hygiene data?

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