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Cafés in Greenwich

We know of 365 cafés across Greenwich. 264 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 92% of those are rated 4 or 5, 200 with the top score of 5. 2 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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365cafésacross Greenwich
92%rated 4 or 5of 264 with a rating
200rated 5very good
2rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Greenwich

5200Very good
444Good
318Generally satisfactory
22Improvement necessary
10Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

264 of the 365 cafés have a rating. 27 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

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 Greenwich have the top hygiene rating?

200 of the 264 rated cafés across Greenwich scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Taste Coffee Shop, Ebell’s Coffee House and Colcol’s cafe & seafood.

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. 27 of the cafés across Greenwich 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.

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.