Cafés in Lambeth
We know of 497 cafés across Lambeth. 373 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 81% of those are rated 4 or 5, 218 with the top score of 5. 40 are rated 2 or below. That covers coffee shops and tea rooms too: anywhere serving food or drink is inspected the same way.
Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Lambeth
373 of the 497 cafés have a rating. 28 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
- Lala Cafe5Inspected 16 Oct 2026
- Rice Studio5Inspected 16 Oct 2026
- Nero Express5Inspected 10 Oct 2026
- 876 District5Inspected 10 Oct 2026
- Estrela Dos Lusitanos5Inspected 9 Oct 2026
- Jones The Grocer5Inspected 25 Sept 2026
Rated 2 or below
- Sport Cafe0Inspected 10 Sept 2026
- Mandeg Restaurant0Inspected 18 Feb 2026
- Sema's Cafe1Inspected 28 Aug 2026
- Kalandula1Inspected 28 Aug 2026
- Leila's Corner Cafe1Inspected 27 Aug 2026
- Butter Up Coffee1Inspected 25 Aug 2026
- Star Cafe1Inspected 11 Aug 2026
- Cafe Lulu1Inspected 2 Jul 2026
Cafés by area
A few to start with
- Batch & Co SW16 Coffee shop 212 Streatham High Rd, London, SW16 1BB 4 Call
- Black Sheep Coffee Coffee shop 5 Hatfields, London, SE1 9PG 5 Call
- Blank Coffee shop 144 Acre Ln, Coldharbour, SW2 5UT 3 Call
- Bonnington Cafe Cafe 11 Vauxhall Grove, London, SW8 1TD 4 Call
- Brixton Blend Coffee shop 8 Tunstall Rd, London, SW9 8BN 5 Call
- CafePod Coffee shop 27 Abbeville Road, London, SW4 9LA 5 Call
- Caffè Nero Coffee shop 186 Clapham High St, London, SW4 7UG 5 Call
- Caffè Nero Coffee shop 1-3 Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5QW 5 Call
- Caffè Nero Coffee shop Unit G4/G9, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House St, London, SE1 9PH 4 Call
- Caffè Nero Cafe 170 Streatham High Rd, London, SW16 1BJ 4 Call
- Coffee Wake Cup Coffee shop 14 Clapham Park Rd, London, SW4 7BB 5 Call
- Johnnies Cafe 104, 106 Coldharbour Ln, London, SE5 9PZ 4 Call
- Moonstruck Cafe Coffee shop 153 S Lambeth Rd, London, SW8 1XN 5 Call
- Otter Trading Cafe 17 Knights Hill, London, SE27 0HS 5 Call
- Pret A Manger Coffee shop 58-60 Stamford St, London, SE1 9LX 4 Call
- Pure Coffee shop 17, Waterloo Station, Waterloo Rd, London, SE1 7LY 5 Call
- Sally White Cafe 353 Kennington Rd, London, SE11 4QE 4 Call
- Sem's Cafe Cafe 37-39 Padfield Rd, London, SE5 9AA 4 Call
- Solomon's Internet Cafe Internet cafe 28 Vauxhall St, London, SE11 5LG 4 Call
- Starbucks Coffee shop 2 South Lambeth Road Vauxhall, London, SW8 1SP 5 Call
- Starbucks Coffee shop Belvedere Road 3C and 3D, East Block County Hall, London, SE1 7GQ 5 Call
- Steve's Cafe Cafe 71 Norwood Rd, London, SE24 9AA 5 Call
- Tea House Theatre Tea room 139 Vauxhall Walk, London, SE11 5HL 5 Call
- The Bankside Cafe. Cafe 4, 2-3 Hatfields, London, SE1 8DQ 5 Call
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 Lambeth have the top hygiene rating?
218 of the 373 rated cafés across Lambeth scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Lala Cafe, Rice Studio and Nero Express.
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. 28 of the cafés across Lambeth 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.