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UK food hygiene · Brentwood

Brentwood.
715 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Brentwood with its official FSA hygiene rating. 81.6% score a 5. 3 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.73
Avg FSA
531
venues scored 5/5
3
scored 0 or 1

Brentwood food hygiene in one minute

  • 715 food venues tracked in Brentwood, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.73 out of 5 across 651 rated venues.
  • 531 venues scored 5/5 (81.6%).
  • 3 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Brentwood in context

Brentwood runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.73 across 651 rated venues.

81.6% of Brentwood venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

3 Brentwood venues currently score 0 or 1, 0.46% of rated stock, which keeps Brentwood below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Brentwood itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.3/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 5.0/5, the local hygiene gap that drags the city headline number.

Computed from FSA open data on . National benchmarks: avg 4.65/5, 78% at 5/5, 1.24% at 0/1.

How Brentwood scores

651 rated · 64 awaiting
5
531 venues
81.6%
4
69 venues
10.6%
3
47 venues
7.2%
2
1 venues
0.2%
1
3 venues
0.5%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

Lowest score first, most recent inspection. The FSA's own data.

  • 1

    Blackmore Sports And Social Club

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CM4 0QW

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Taste Of China

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM15 8NR

    Mar 2026

  • 1

    Brentwood Mini Market

    Retailers - other · CM14 4RG

    Nov 2025

  • 2

    MFG Warley Service Station (Esso)

    Retailers - other · CM13 3ES

    Sept 2025

  • 3

    Curry Sultans

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM13 1HH

    Mar 2026

  • 3

    Blades - Society Of Old Brentwood Sports Club -

    Other catering premises · CM15 9SE

    Mar 2026

  • 3

    Luncheon Club

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CM14 5SD

    Mar 2026

  • 3

    Ayub's Pink Garlic

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM14 4XE

    Feb 2026

  • 3

    Cafe Neon7

    Mobile caterer · CM14 4BX

    Feb 2026

  • 3

    Kebab Stop

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM15

    Jan 2026

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

Inspected in the last few months and kept a perfect score.

  • 5

    Hawthorn Bunglow

    new

    Caring Premises · CM14 4TY

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Seven Arches Nursing Home

    new

    Caring Premises · CM14 4JN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Buona Bottega

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM14 4RX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mini Moments Nursery

    Caring Premises · CM4 0BA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    T H Catering

    Other catering premises · CM14

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Domino's Pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM14 4RX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    L. Buckle Butchers

    Retailers - other · CM15 8JU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shenfield Day Nursery Breakfast & After School Club

    School/college/university · CM15 9AL

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bright Horizons Phoenix Day Nursery And Preschool

    Caring Premises · CM15 9BG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Compass Group UK\& I At Holly Trees Primary

    School/college/university · CM14 5RY

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Brentwood venues not inspected in 18 months or more.

The FSA recommends re-inspection every 6 to 24 months based on risk. These venues' last visit was a while ago. A good sticker from 2022 means less than a good sticker from last month.

  • ?

    Step Start Nurseries Mountnessing

    stale · 1516mo

    School/college/university · CM15 0UH

    Jan 1900

  • ?

    Majestic Wine

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CM14 5LX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sports Direct

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CM14 4BX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Slimming World

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CM14

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Sincerely Yours

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CM15 8JD

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Shenfield Station News

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CM15 8JD

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Brentwood.

Breakdown by business type. Average FSA score next to volume.

Other catering premises

151 venues in Brentwood

4.8
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

130 venues in Brentwood

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

129 venues in Brentwood

4.6
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

82 venues in Brentwood

4.8
avg score

School/college/university

51 venues in Brentwood

5.0
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

50 venues in Brentwood

4.3
avg score

Caring Premises

45 venues in Brentwood

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

37 venues in Brentwood

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Brentwood.

  • 5

    Hawthorn Bunglow

    new

    Caring Premises · CM14 4TY

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Seven Arches Nursing Home

    new

    Caring Premises · CM14 4JN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Buona Bottega

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM14 4RX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    T H Catering

    Other catering premises · CM14

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mini Moments Nursery

    Caring Premises · CM4 0BA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Domino's Pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM14 4RX

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bright Horizons Phoenix Day Nursery And Preschool

    Caring Premises · CM15 9BG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Shenfield Day Nursery Breakfast & After School Club

    School/college/university · CM15 9AL

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Brentwood, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Brentwood?

RatingCafe tracks 715 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Brentwood, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways, cafes, schools and retail food outlets. The dataset is refreshed every 24 hours from the FSA open-data feed.

What is the average FSA hygiene score in Brentwood?

The average FSA hygiene score across Brentwood is 4.73 out of 5. 81.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 3 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Brentwood venues failed their FSA inspection?

Brentwood currently has 3 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Brentwood are listed on this page with inspection dates, and the full list including stale inspections is surfaced in the worst-rated section.

Where does RatingCafe get Brentwood hygiene data?

All Brentwood ratings come directly from the Food Standards Agency open-data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), reused under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores, only republishes them in a searchable format.

Primary sources

Verify this independently.

RatingCafe mirrors public FSA open data. The score on this page is the same one the inspector filed, but you can verify it at the source right now.

JT

Edited by James Thornton, Food Safety & Regulation editor.

Last refresh: 14 April 2026. Reviewed against FSA guidance and the FSA scoring matrix.

All Brentwood data sourced from the Food Standards Agency under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RatingCafe never modifies scores. Full methodology.