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Takeaways in Castle Point

We know of 68 takeaways across Castle Point. 49 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 98% of those are rated 4 or 5, 41 with the top score of 5. None is rated below 3. The rating is about hygiene, not how the food tastes.

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98%rated 4 or 5of 49 with a rating
41rated 5very good
0rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings across Castle Point

541Very good
47Good
31Generally satisfactory
20Improvement necessary
10Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

49 of the 68 takeaways 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

Takeaways by area

A few to start with

Takeaways by type

Restaurants and takeaways by what they serve across Castle Point.

Questions people ask

What does a food hygiene rating of 3 mean?

A 3 means hygiene standards were found to be generally satisfactory. The scale runs from 5 (very good) down to 0 (urgent improvement necessary). The inspector looks at how food is handled and stored, the state of the kitchen and building, and how the business keeps food safe. It says nothing about how the food tastes.

Which takeaways in Castle Point have a 5 hygiene rating?

41 of the 49 rated takeaways across Castle Point scored 5 at their last inspection, including BEEF’D, Pizza Hut Benfleet and Papa Johns Pizza.

How often are takeaways inspected?

The council decides from how much risk a business poses: the highest-risk places can be inspected every six months, lower-risk ones every year or two, sometimes longer. A business that has put things right can ask to be re-inspected. Each rating here shows when it was given.

Do takeaways 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

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.