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Cafés in Darlington

We know of 112 cafés across Darlington. 85 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 95% of those are rated 4 or 5, 76 with the top score of 5. 3 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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112cafésacross Darlington
95%rated 4 or 5of 85 with a rating
76rated 5very good
3rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Darlington

576Very good
45Good
31Generally satisfactory
22Improvement necessary
11Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

85 of the 112 cafés 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

Rated 2 or below

Cafés by area

Albert Hill 7Bank Top 54Blackwell 2Branksome 2Cockerton 6Darlington 80Eastbourne 6Faverdale 3Firthmoor 2Haughton-le-Skerne 2Heighington 1Hopetown 11Hummersknott 1Hurworth-on-Tees 3Middleton St George 1Piercebridge 1Pierremont 27Red Hall 4Rise Carr 5Skerne Park 2Whinfield 1

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 Darlington have the top hygiene rating?

76 of the 85 rated cafés across Darlington scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Eurest Foodservice, Robineau Cafe & Patisserie and The Kings Centre.

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. 9 of the cafés across Darlington 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.

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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.