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UK food hygiene · Dudley

Dudley.
2,608 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Dudley with its official FSA hygiene rating. 61.3% score a 5. 46 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.39
Avg FSA
1,328
venues scored 5/5
46
scored 0 or 1

Dudley food hygiene in one minute

  • 2,608 food venues tracked in Dudley, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.39 out of 5 across 2,166 rated venues.
  • 1,328 venues scored 5/5 (61.3%).
  • 46 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Dudley in context

Dudley sits below the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.39 across 2,166 rated venues.

61.3% of Dudley venues hold a 5/5, lags the UK average on 5-star density (78% nationally).

46 Dudley venues currently score 0 or 1, 2.12% of rated stock, which puts Dudley above the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Dudley itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.0/5 while a typical mobile caterer averages 4.8/5, 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 Dudley scores

2,166 rated · 442 awaiting
5
1,328 venues
61.3%
4
496 venues
22.9%
3
256 venues
11.8%
2
40 venues
1.8%
1
44 venues
2.0%
0
2 venues
0.1%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Gower Gardens Residential Care Home

    new

    Caring Premises · B62 8PQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    J's Diner & Catering Services

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DY5 3LH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hadcroft

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DY9 7HJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pig & Pickle

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DY6 9LA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    A star convenience

    Retailers - other · B62 9AA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    fireaway pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DY1 1PY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Highfield Residential Home

    Caring Premises · DY6 9PB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Forge

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DY5 4TS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Liwia Shop Ltd

    Retailers - other · DY1 1LP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    LIWIA SHOP

    Retailers - other · DY1 1LP

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Dudley 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.

  • ?

    Dudley Zoo

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DY1 4QF

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Slimming World

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DY8 4LN

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Savers

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DY5 3AH

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    River Island

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DY5 1QX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Rhoda Baltna Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Importers/Exporters · B62 8AX

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Red House Glass Cone

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · DY8 4AZ

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Dudley.

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

Retailers - other

611 venues in Dudley

4.2
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

446 venues in Dudley

4.4
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

316 venues in Dudley

4.0
avg score

Other catering premises

302 venues in Dudley

4.7
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

291 venues in Dudley

4.3
avg score

Caring Premises

211 venues in Dudley

4.6
avg score

School/college/university

143 venues in Dudley

4.7
avg score

Mobile caterer

126 venues in Dudley

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Dudley.

  • 5

    Gower Gardens Residential Care Home

    new

    Caring Premises · B62 8PQ

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    J's Diner & Catering Services

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DY5 3LH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Pig & Pickle

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · DY6 9LA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hadcroft

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DY9 7HJ

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    fireaway pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · DY1 1PY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Highfield Residential Home

    Caring Premises · DY6 9PB

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    A star convenience

    Retailers - other · B62 9AA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Red Lion

    Pub/bar/nightclub · DY8 4BA

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Dudley, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Dudley?

RatingCafe tracks 2,608 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Dudley, 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 Dudley?

The average FSA hygiene score across Dudley is 4.39 out of 5. 61.3% of rated venues score a 5, and 46 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Dudley venues failed their FSA inspection?

Dudley currently has 46 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Dudley 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 Dudley hygiene data?

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