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UK food hygiene · Maidstone

Maidstone.
1,417 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Maidstone with its official FSA hygiene rating. 81.2% score a 5. 14 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.71
Avg FSA
1,095
venues scored 5/5
14
scored 0 or 1

Maidstone food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,417 food venues tracked in Maidstone, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.71 out of 5 across 1,349 rated venues.
  • 1,095 venues scored 5/5 (81.2%).
  • 14 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Maidstone in context

Maidstone runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.71 across 1,349 rated venues.

81.2% of Maidstone venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

14 Maidstone venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.04% of rated stock, which keeps Maidstone below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Maidstone itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.4/5 while a typical mobile caterer 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 Maidstone scores

1,349 rated · 68 awaiting
5
1,095 venues
81.2%
4
167 venues
12.4%
3
58 venues
4.3%
2
15 venues
1.1%
1
12 venues
0.9%
0
2 venues
0.1%
Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Hillbeck Residential Home

    new

    Caring Premises · ME14 4HN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Woodgate Residential Care Home

    new

    Caring Premises · ME16 0JG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Sylvie's Snacks

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · ME14 4DT

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Mill Cafe

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · ME14 5PP

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Staplehurst Garden Centre

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN12 9BT

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Laser Touch Crafts

    new

    Retailers - other · ME17

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Cece's Rainbow Kids

    Caring Premises · ME16 8LW

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Maa Mi's Kitchen

    Other catering premises · ME15

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    The Little Box Of Beans

    Mobile caterer · ME15

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Greggs

    Retailers - other · ME14 1DJ

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Maidstone 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.

  • ?

    Zlatka's Family Kitchen

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · ME15

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Romalge Coffee Shop

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · ME14 1TG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Rumwood Cricket Club

    stale · 1504mo

    Pub/bar/nightclub · ME15 8RQ

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Victoria Jayne Stedman

    stale · 1504mo

    Caring Premises · ME16

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    TG Jones High Street Limited

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · ME14 1RP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Superdrug Stores Plc

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · ME15 6AS

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Maidstone.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

279 venues in Maidstone

4.5
avg score

Retailers - other

259 venues in Maidstone

4.6
avg score

Other catering premises

248 venues in Maidstone

5.0
avg score

Caring Premises

129 venues in Maidstone

4.9
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

127 venues in Maidstone

4.7
avg score

School/college/university

109 venues in Maidstone

4.8
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

104 venues in Maidstone

4.4
avg score

Mobile caterer

82 venues in Maidstone

5.0
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Maidstone.

  • 5

    Hillbeck Residential Home

    new

    Caring Premises · ME14 4HN

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Woodgate Residential Care Home

    new

    Caring Premises · ME16 0JG

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Sylvie's Snacks

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · ME14 4DT

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    The Mill Cafe

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · ME14 5PP

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Staplehurst Garden Centre

    new

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · TN12 9BT

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Laser Touch Crafts

    new

    Retailers - other · ME17

    Apr 2026

  • 5

    Maa Mi's Kitchen

    Other catering premises · ME15

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Cece's Rainbow Kids

    Caring Premises · ME16 8LW

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Maidstone, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Maidstone?

RatingCafe tracks 1,417 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Maidstone, 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 Maidstone?

The average FSA hygiene score across Maidstone is 4.71 out of 5. 81.2% of rated venues score a 5, and 14 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Maidstone venues failed their FSA inspection?

Maidstone currently has 14 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Maidstone 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 Maidstone hygiene data?

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