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Cafés in Epping Forest

We know of 152 cafés across Epping Forest. 105 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 90% of those are rated 4 or 5, 78 with the top score of 5. 4 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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152cafésacross Epping Forest
90%rated 4 or 5of 105 with a rating
78rated 5very good
4rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Epping Forest

578Very good
416Good
37Generally satisfactory
22Improvement necessary
12Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

105 of the 152 cafés have a rating. 8 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

Most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Cafés by area

Abridge 1Buckhurst Hill 24Chigwell 16Chigwell Row 1Chipping Ongar 12Coopersale 1Debden Green 2Epping 20High Ongar 2Ivy Chimneys 17Loughton 44Lower Sheering 3North Weald 3Roydon 1Waltham Abbey 20

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 Epping Forest have the top hygiene rating?

78 of the 105 rated cafés across Epping Forest scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include IC CAFE LTD (T/A EPPING BEAN), The Dessert Bar and The Muscle Lab.

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. 8 of the cafés across Epping Forest 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.