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Cafés in Lewes

We know of 133 cafés across Lewes. 89 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 97% of those are rated 4 or 5, 77 with the top score of 5. One is 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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133cafésacross Lewes
97%rated 4 or 5of 89 with a rating
77rated 5very good
1rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at cafés across Lewes

577Very good
49Good
32Generally satisfactory
21Improvement necessary
10Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

89 of the 133 cafés have a rating. 4 are waiting for a first inspection, usually because they have just opened. 1 is exempt, which the FSA uses for places selling only low-risk food. The rest aren’t matched to the register yet.

Rated 5, most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Cafés by area

Denton 3Ditchling 5Falmer 14Glynde 2Kingston near Lewes 3Lewes 40Mount Pleasant 7Newhaven 18Newick 3North Chailey 1Peacehaven 10Ringmer 2Seaford 25South Heighton 3Telscombe Cliffs 1Wivelsfield 2

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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 Lewes have the top hygiene rating?

77 of the 89 rated cafés across Lewes scored 5, “very good”, when they were last inspected. They include Atrium Cafe, Costa Coffee and Compass at Sussex Police HQ.

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. 4 of the cafés across Lewes 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.