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Restaurants in Bedford

We know of 355 restaurants across Bedford. 245 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 88% of those are rated 4 or 5, 177 with the top score of 5. 6 are rated 2 or below. A rating tells you how clean and careful the kitchen was on the day of the inspection, not how good the cooking is.

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355restaurantsacross Bedford
88%rated 4 or 5of 245 with a rating
177rated 5very good
6rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at restaurants across Bedford

5177Very good
439Good
323Generally satisfactory
23Improvement necessary
13Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

245 of the 355 restaurants have a rating. 9 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.

Rated 5, most recently inspected

Most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Restaurants by area

Bedford 247Bromham 1Cardington 1Chellington 1Clapham 5Cotton End 1Elstow 13Great Barford 3Great Denham 3Harrold 1Kempston 123Roxton 1Sharnbrook 2Shortstown 3Willington 1Wilstead 2Wixams 3Wootton 4Wyboston 5Wymington 2

A few to start with

Restaurants by type

Places to eat by what they serve across Bedford.

Indian restaurants 44Chinese restaurants 24Pizza places 27

Questions people ask

What does a restaurant’s food hygiene rating cover?

The inspector checks three things: how food is handled, prepared, cooked, cooled and stored; the state of the kitchen and building, including cleaning, ventilation and pest control; and how the business manages food safety and keeps its records. It doesn’t judge the taste, the service or the prices, so a small family place can score 5 and a smart one can score 2.

Which restaurants in Bedford are rated 5 for hygiene?

177 of the 245 rated restaurants across Bedford had a 5 at their last inspection. Among them: Smash & Sizzle, Tasty Tucks Fish Bar and Spicy Flame.

Can a restaurant with a low rating get a better one?

Yes. Once it has put things right it can ask the council to come back and re-rate it, sometimes for a fee, and it can appeal a rating it thinks is unfair. Until a new inspection the old rating stands, so check the date beside each one here.

Do restaurants have to display their hygiene rating?

Not in England: showing the sticker is up to the business, though most with a good score do. In Wales and Northern Ireland it’s the law. You can look any rating up on the Food Standards Agency’s website, or on each business’s page here.

Other things people look for

CafésPubs and barsTakeawaysIndian restaurantsChinese restaurantsPizza placesFish and chip shopsBakeriesSupermarketsCorner shopsButchersFloristsClothes shopsCharity and second-hand shopsBike shopsChemistsOpticiansHairdressersBarbersBeauty salonsNail salonsTattoo studiosDentistsDoctorsPhysiosChiropractors and osteopathsMassageGymsYoga and pilatesMartial arts

Food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency, checked every night. Listings from Overture Maps, the Food Standards Agency and © OpenStreetMap contributors. Missing one? Tell us.