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UK food hygiene · Hastings

Hastings.
881 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Hastings with its official FSA hygiene rating. 91.2% score a 5. 10 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.85
Avg FSA
754
venues scored 5/5
10
scored 0 or 1

Hastings food hygiene in one minute

  • 881 food venues tracked in Hastings, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.85 out of 5 across 827 rated venues.
  • 754 venues scored 5/5 (91.2%).
  • 10 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Hastings in context

Hastings runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.85 across 827 rated venues.

91.2% of Hastings venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

10 Hastings venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.21% of rated stock, which is in line with the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Hastings itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.6/5 while a typical other catering premises 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 Hastings scores

827 rated · 54 awaiting
5
754 venues
91.2%
4
40 venues
4.8%
3
21 venues
2.5%
2
2 venues
0.2%
1
10 venues
1.2%
0
0 venues
0.0%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 1

    Dragon Bar

    Pub/bar/nightclub · TN34 3EE

    Feb 2026

  • 1

    Helen Fresh Ltd

    Retailers - other · TN37 6NH

    Jan 2026

  • 1

    Corner Market

    Retailers - other · TN37 6AJ

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    Harry's

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN38 0AJ

    Nov 2025

  • 1

    Nice

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN37 6JE

    Oct 2025

  • 1

    Super Pizza

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN34 1JY

    Oct 2025

  • 1

    Qandil Market Ltd

    Retailers - other · TN34 1RL

    Jul 2025

  • 1

    Reel @ Kino

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN38 0EQ

    May 2025

  • 1

    Beneys Off Licence

    Retailers - other · TN34 1NN

    Mar 2025

  • 1

    Londis

    stale · 20mo

    Retailers - other · TN37 6NH

    Sept 2024

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Daphne's Delights

    new

    Other catering premises · TN37

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Fish's Carribean Food

    Mobile caterer · TN34

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Starsky & Hatch

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN37 6FD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    St Helen's Church

    Other catering premises · TN34 2RA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Tower House

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TN38 0RG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bonjour

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN38 0DD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Highlands Inn

    Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house · TN38 0LU

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Southern Co-Operative

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · TN37 7BA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Hong Kong Garden

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN37 6RP

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Unique Cakes

    Other catering premises · TN38

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Hastings 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.

  • ?

    Mwah

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    M+Ms SweetTooth

    stale · 1504mo

    Mobile caterer · TN34 1JA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Ponbay Lodge

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    play.

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN34 1SJ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Penbuckles Delicatessen

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · TN37 6NB

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Pause Botanicals

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · TN34

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Hastings.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

251 venues in Hastings

4.9
avg score

Retailers - other

156 venues in Hastings

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

107 venues in Hastings

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

96 venues in Hastings

5.0
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

84 venues in Hastings

4.9
avg score

Caring Premises

73 venues in Hastings

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

33 venues in Hastings

4.9
avg score

Mobile caterer

31 venues in Hastings

4.9
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Hastings.

  • 5

    Daphne's Delights

    new

    Other catering premises · TN37

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Fish's Carribean Food

    Mobile caterer · TN34

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Starsky & Hatch

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN37 6FD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    St Helen's Church

    Other catering premises · TN34 2RA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Best Kebab Ye

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN37 6RG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bruno's Fish Bar

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · TN34 1SA

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bonjour

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN38 0DD

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Southern Co-Operative

    Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets · TN37 7BA

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Hastings, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Hastings?

RatingCafe tracks 881 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Hastings, 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 Hastings?

The average FSA hygiene score across Hastings is 4.85 out of 5. 91.2% of rated venues score a 5, and 10 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Hastings venues failed their FSA inspection?

Hastings currently has 10 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Hastings 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 Hastings hygiene data?

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