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Restaurants in Darlington

We know of 237 restaurants across Darlington. 158 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 91% of those are rated 4 or 5, 128 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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237restaurantsacross Darlington
91%rated 4 or 5of 158 with a rating
128rated 5very good
6rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at restaurants across Darlington

5128Very good
415Good
39Generally satisfactory
25Improvement necessary
11Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

158 of the 237 restaurants have a rating. 10 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

Restaurants by area

Albert Hill 27Bank Top 95Blackwell 3Branksome 1Cockerton 13Darlington 186Eastbourne 26Faverdale 3Firthmoor 14Harrowgate Hill 5Haughton-le-Skerne 8Heighington 2Hopetown 42Hummersknott 4Hurworth-on-Tees 3Middleton St George 3Piercebridge 1Pierremont 70Red Hall 7Rise Carr 20Skerne Park 3Whinfield 5

A few to start with

Restaurants by type

Places to eat by what they serve across Darlington.

Indian restaurants 19Chinese restaurants 23Pizza places 28

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 Darlington are rated 5 for hygiene?

128 of the 158 rated restaurants across Darlington had a 5 at their last inspection. Among them: Bartlett Street Fish Shop, Peking Chef and Eurest Foodservice.

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.