Restaurants in Derby
We know of 529 restaurants across Derby. 365 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 78% of those are rated 4 or 5, 216 with the top score of 5. 23 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.
Food hygiene ratings at restaurants across Derby
365 of the 529 restaurants have a rating. 37 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
- Beaufort Fish Bar5Inspected 14 Oct 2026
- V Shack5Inspected 2 Oct 2026
- Taco Bell Derby5Inspected 18 Sept 2026
- Coffee Equation5Inspected 9 Sept 2026
- Frankie & Benny's5Inspected 7 Sept 2026
- The Captains Tea Rooms5Inspected 25 Aug 2026
Most recently inspected
- Beaufort Fish Bar5Inspected 14 Oct 2026
- V Shack5Inspected 2 Oct 2026
- Lahori Chaska4Inspected 2 Oct 2026
- Pepes4Inspected 1 Oct 2026
- Afrikana - Derby2Inspected 30 Sept 2026
- Mehrab Karahi0Inspected 30 Sept 2026
Rated 2 or below
- Mehrab Karahi0Inspected 30 Sept 2026
- Shawerma Express Habiby0Inspected 28 Sept 2026
- New Desi karahi0Inspected 16 Sept 2026
- Rolling Smoke Derby0Inspected 1 Jul 2026
- Tasty Original0Inspected 11 Mar 2026
- Maher's Tawa, Grill and Karahi0Inspected 9 Mar 2026
- Ismah Foods and New Bengal Kitchen0Inspected 18 Dec 2025
- Istanbul Restaurant0Inspected 14 Nov 2025
Restaurants by area
A few to start with
- Afrikana - Derby African restaurant 53 Queen Street, Derby, DE1 3DE 2 Call
- Allestree Fish Bar Fish and chips restaurant 5, Blenheim Parade, 5 Blenheim Dr, Derby, DE22 2GP 5 Call
- ANOKI Indian restaurant 129 London Rd, Derby, DE1 2QN 5 Call
- Belvedere Bar & Dining Polish restaurant 3 Queen St, Derby, DE1 3DL 5 Call
- Binary Bar & Restaurant Bar and grill restaurant Limes Ave, Derby, DE3 0GR 4 Call
- Bistrot Pierre French restaurant 18 Friar Gate, Derby, DE11 1 Call
- Boss Pizza Derby Pizza restaurant 1255 London Road, Derby, DE24 8QN 5 Call
- Finale Thai Tapas derby official Thai restaurant 11 The Strand, Derby, DE1 1BE 5 Call
- Fish and chips at pizza village Pizza restaurant 10 Mercaston Rd, Derby, DE21 4HU 5 Call
- George's Tradition Fish and chips restaurant 8, Park Farm Centre, Derby, DE22 2QN 5 Call
- Gerard Street Fish Bar Fish and chips restaurant 126 Burton Rd, Derby, DE1 1TN 5 Call
- Grillzilla Bar and grill restaurant 7 Osmaston Rd, Derby, DE1 2JA 5 Call
- Hickory's Smokehouse Derby Barbecue restaurant Swarkestone Rd, Derby, DE73 5UE 5 Call
- KFC Fast food restaurant The Wyvern Retail Park, Parkway, Derby, DE21 6RS 4 Call
- Lee Kitchen Derby Chinese restaurant 32 Duffield Rd, Derby, DE1 3BH 5 Call
- Lorentes Spanish restaurant 118 Friar Gate, Derby, DE1 1EX 5 Call
- Masala Derby Asian restaurant 7 Curzon St, Derby, DE1 1LH 5 Call
- McDonald's Fast food restaurant 181/193 Osmaston Park Road, Derby, DE24 8BT 5 Call
- McDonald's Fast food restaurant Linville Cl, Derby, DE21 7HX 5 Call
- McDonald's Fast food restaurant 42/44 St Peters Street, Derby, DE1 1SH 5 Call
- McDonald's Fast food restaurant Markeaton Park, Derby, DE22 4AA 5 Call
- Modern Cuisine Chinese restaurant 54 Friar Gate, Derby, DE1 1DF 5 Call
- MoonSha Japanese restaurant 4 Friary St, Derby, DE1 1JF 4 Call
- Navigation Pizza Pizza restaurant 805 London Rd, Derby, DE24 8UU 5 Call
Restaurants by type
Places to eat by what they serve across Derby.
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 Derby are rated 5 for hygiene?
216 of the 365 rated restaurants across Derby had a 5 at their last inspection. Among them: Beaufort Fish Bar, V Shack and Taco Bell Derby.
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
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.