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Cafés in Camden

We know of 923 cafés across Camden. 651 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 79% of those are rated 4 or 5, 370 with the top score of 5. 50 are rated 2 or below. That covers coffee shops and tea rooms too: anywhere serving food or drink is inspected the same way.

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923cafésacross Camden
79%rated 4 or 5of 651 with a rating
370rated 5very good
50rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Camden

5370Very good
4144Good
387Generally satisfactory
229Improvement necessary
117Major improvement necessary
04Urgent improvement necessary

651 of the 923 cafés have a rating. 100 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. 1 is exempt, which the FSA uses for places selling only low-risk food. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.

Rated 5, most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Cafés by area

A few to start with

Questions people ask

Do coffee shops get food hygiene ratings?

Yes. A café or coffee shop is a food business, so the council inspects it and rates it from 0 to 5 like any restaurant. The very lowest-risk places, selling only drinks and packaged snacks, may be marked exempt instead.

Which cafés in Camden have the top hygiene rating?

370 of the 651 rated cafés across Camden scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include LA MARITXU, AROMATA CAFE LOWER GROUND FLOOR and Just Dine restaurant & Coffee Counter.

What does “awaiting inspection” mean?

A new food business has to register with the council at least 28 days before it opens, and is rated at its first inspection, which can be some weeks after opening. Until then the register shows it as awaiting inspection. 100 of the cafés across Camden are in that position.

Where do I find a café’s rating?

Many cafés put the sticker in the window or by the till, but in England they don’t have to. Every rating is on the Food Standards Agency’s website, and on each café’s page here.

Other things people look for

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.