Food hygiene ratings in Walthamstow

Look up any café, takeaway, pub or shop in Waltham Forest and see its official 0–5 food hygiene rating and when it was last inspected.

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What the rating does and doesn’t tell you

The rating covers how food is handled, the condition of the building and equipment, and how well the business manages and records food safety. It is not a verdict on the food itself, the service, the price or how allergens are handled.

It is a snapshot of one inspection on one day, and the date is shown beside every result. A business that has put things right can ask for a re-inspection, and a new rating replaces the old one.

Waltham Forest Council has about 1,970 food businesses on the register, from Chingford to Leyton, so a search by name finds places across the whole borough, not only in Walthamstow.

A market stall or a food van is rated by the council where the trader is registered, which is not always Waltham Forest. Some stalls on Walthamstow Market will be on another council’s register, not missing.

“Awaiting inspection” means the council has not visited yet, usually because the business is new. It is not a low rating, but it is not a good one either — there isn’t one yet.

Showing the green-and-black sticker is voluntary in England. A missing sticker tells you nothing; the register is the reliable answer.

To report a food safety concern, use the council’s food safety page linked below. The council says it can act far more easily if you keep the receipt, the packaging and, where you can, the food itself.

Rating

What it means

Places

Very good

942

Good

436

Generally satisfactory

256

Improvement necessary

Major improvement necessary

134

Urgent improvement necessary

Exempt

Low risk, so not rated

Not yet inspected

New or newly registered

By what kind of place it is

The Food Standards Agency’s own categories, largest first.

Kind of place	Places	Rated 5	Not yet inspected
Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen	594	264 (46%)	19
Retailers - other	586	219 (41%)	3
Takeaway/sandwich shop	266	94 (36%)	3
Caring Premises	159	128 (82%)	2
School/college/university	91	52 (80%)	26
Pub/bar/nightclub	88	54 (61%)	0
Other catering premises	59	43 (75%)	0
Mobile caterer	42	33 (79%)	0
Manufacturers/packers	36	21 (60%)	1
Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets	35	25 (71%)	0
Distributors/Transporters	9	5 (56%)	0
Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house

Food hygiene ratings in Walthamstow

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