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Restaurants in Lewes

We know of 155 restaurants across Lewes. 109 have a food hygiene rating from the council, and 92% of those are rated 4 or 5, 86 with the top score of 5. 2 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.

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155restaurantsacross Lewes
92%rated 4 or 5of 109 with a rating
86rated 5very good
2rated 0 to 2improvement needed

Food hygiene ratings at restaurants across Lewes

586Very good
414Good
37Generally satisfactory
21Improvement necessary
11Major improvement necessary
00Urgent improvement necessary

109 of the 155 restaurants 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

Most recently inspected

Rated 2 or below

Restaurants by area

Denton 6Ditchling 1Falmer 11Glynde 1Kingston near Lewes 1Lewes 43Mount Pleasant 9Newhaven 27Newick 4Peacehaven 18Ringmer 4Seaford 38South Heighton 3Telscombe Cliffs 8Wivelsfield 2

A few to start with

Restaurants by type

Places to eat by what they serve across Lewes.

Indian restaurants 14Chinese restaurants 7Pizza places 8

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 Lewes are rated 5 for hygiene?

86 of the 109 rated restaurants across Lewes had a 5 at their last inspection. Among them: The Salt Block, BIG FISH Sushi Bar & Korean Street Food and Atrium Cafe.

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

CafésPubs and barsTakeawaysIndian restaurantsChinese restaurantsPizza placesFish and chip shopsBakeriesSupermarketsCorner shopsButchersFloristsClothes shopsCharity and second-hand shopsBike shopsChemistsOpticiansHairdressersBarbersBeauty salonsNail salonsTattoo studiosDentistsDoctorsPhysiosChiropractors and osteopathsMassageGymsYoga and pilatesMartial arts

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.