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UK food hygiene · Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets.
3,136 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Tower Hamlets with its official FSA hygiene rating. 72.6% score a 5. 68 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.53
Avg FSA
2,050
venues scored 5/5
68
scored 0 or 1

Tower Hamlets food hygiene in one minute

  • 3,136 food venues tracked in Tower Hamlets, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.53 out of 5 across 2,822 rated venues.
  • 2,050 venues scored 5/5 (72.6%).
  • 68 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Tower Hamlets in context

Tower Hamlets sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.53 across 2,822 rated venues.

72.6% of Tower Hamlets venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

68 Tower Hamlets venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.41% of rated stock, which puts Tower Hamlets above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Tower Hamlets itself, the typical retailers - other 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 Tower Hamlets scores

2,822 rated · 314 awaiting
5
2,050 venues
72.6%
4
449 venues
15.9%
3
165 venues
5.8%
2
90 venues
3.2%
1
60 venues
2.1%
0
8 venues
0.3%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Mikails

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E3 5ES

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Relaks Radio Cafe

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E3 5EL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Yun Gui Chuan Rice Noodle Restaurant

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E1 6RL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Point A Hotel London Canary Wharf

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E14 4AF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Pantree

    new

    Retailers - other · E14 4BJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Park Villa Hostel Restaurant

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · E3 4PE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The White Swan

    Pub/bar/nightclub · E1 8DA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Your Local Food & Wine

    Retailers - other · E3 2GY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Simmer Huang Restaurant

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E14 9RH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Cyprus Street Food Store

    Distributors/Transporters · E2 0PD

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Tower Hamlets 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.

  • ?

    Foam-o

    stale · 1504mo

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · E1 6BD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The People's Letters

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · E2 9RA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    The Old Surgery Food Bank

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · E14 8SH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Waffle+Co

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · E1 6AA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Yanas 1 Mix

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · E1W

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Wharf Trading International

    stale · 1504mo

    Distributors/Transporters · E14 5ST

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Tower Hamlets.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

1,163 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.5
avg score

Retailers - other

613 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.3
avg score

Other catering premises

365 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

349 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.4
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

158 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.6
avg score

School/college/university

100 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.6
avg score

Mobile caterer

78 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.8
avg score

Caring Premises

78 venues in Tower Hamlets

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Tower Hamlets.

  • 5

    Mikails

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E3 5ES

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Relaks Radio Cafe

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E3 5EL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Yun Gui Chuan Rice Noodle Restaurant

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E1 6RL

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Pantree

    new

    Retailers - other · E14 4BJ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Point A Hotel London Canary Wharf

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · E14 4AF

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Park Villa Hostel Restaurant

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · E3 4PE

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Your Local Food & Wine

    Retailers - other · E3 2GY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The White Swan

    Pub/bar/nightclub · E1 8DA

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Tower Hamlets, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Tower Hamlets?

RatingCafe tracks 3,136 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Tower Hamlets, 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 Tower Hamlets?

The average FSA hygiene score across Tower Hamlets is 4.53 out of 5. 72.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 68 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Tower Hamlets venues failed their FSA inspection?

Tower Hamlets currently has 68 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Tower Hamlets 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 Tower Hamlets hygiene data?

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