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UK food hygiene · Reading

Reading.
1,514 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Reading with its official FSA hygiene rating. 64.8% score a 5. 34 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.39
Avg FSA
865
venues scored 5/5
34
scored 0 or 1

Reading food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,514 food venues tracked in Reading, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.39 out of 5 across 1,335 rated venues.
  • 865 venues scored 5/5 (64.8%).
  • 34 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Reading in context

Reading sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.39 across 1,335 rated venues.

64.8% of Reading venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

34 Reading venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.55% of rated stock, which puts Reading above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Reading itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.0/5 while a typical school/college/university 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 Reading scores

1,335 rated · 179 awaiting
5
865 venues
64.8%
4
246 venues
18.4%
3
145 venues
10.9%
2
45 venues
3.4%
1
28 venues
2.1%
0
6 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.

Overdue inspection

Reading 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.

  • ?

    Maiden Erleigh School Reading

    stale · 1504mo

    School/college/university · RG1 5SL

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Card Factory

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · RG1 2AA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Supported Living Team

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · RG2 8PR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Abikwa Bakes

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · RG30

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Namak Mirch

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · RG1 3NY

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Krinfio Co. Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · RG1 1EX

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Reading.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

342 venues in Reading

4.4
avg score

Retailers - other

283 venues in Reading

4.1
avg score

Other catering premises

232 venues in Reading

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

201 venues in Reading

4.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

102 venues in Reading

4.5
avg score

Caring Premises

94 venues in Reading

4.7
avg score

School/college/university

85 venues in Reading

4.8
avg score

Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets

66 venues in Reading

4.5
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Reading.

  • 5

    Jayashree

    Other catering premises · RG30

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    BKRY

    Retailers - other · RG4 8BA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Micklands Pre-School

    Caring Premises · RG4 6LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Miller & Carter at The Oracle

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · RG1 2AG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Sushi Daily at Waitrose

    Retailers - other · RG4 8AY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Caterlink at Park Lane Primary Junior School

    School/college/university · RG31 5BD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Burger King Reading

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · RG1 2LN

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Go Beanies Play & Learn (Civitas Academy)

    Other catering premises · RG1 7HL

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Reading, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Reading?

RatingCafe tracks 1,514 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Reading, 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 Reading?

The average FSA hygiene score across Reading is 4.39 out of 5. 64.8% of rated venues score a 5, and 34 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Reading venues failed their FSA inspection?

Reading currently has 34 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Reading 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 Reading hygiene data?

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