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UK food hygiene · Maldon

Maldon.
667 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Maldon with its official FSA hygiene rating. 86.6% score a 5. 7 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.78
Avg FSA
509
venues scored 5/5
7
scored 0 or 1

Maldon food hygiene in one minute

  • 667 food venues tracked in Maldon, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.78 out of 5 across 588 rated venues.
  • 509 venues scored 5/5 (86.6%).
  • 7 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Maldon in context

Maldon runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.78 across 588 rated venues.

86.6% of Maldon venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

7 Maldon venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.19% of rated stock, which is in line with the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Maldon itself, the typical takeaway/sandwich shop averages 4.6/5 while a typical manufacturers/packers 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 Maldon scores

588 rated · 79 awaiting
5
509 venues
86.6%
4
43 venues
7.3%
3
28 venues
4.8%
2
1 venues
0.2%
1
6 venues
1.0%
0
1 venues
0.2%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

  • 0

    Fish On The Quay

    Pub/bar/nightclub · CM9 5HP

    Jun 2025

  • 1

    Little Sportsters Coaching

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM9

    Dec 2025

  • 1

    Pizza Time

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM9 5BZ

    Oct 2025

  • 1

    Great Totham Stores And Post Office

    Retailers - other · CM9 8PR

    Jun 2025

  • 1

    Oriental House

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM0 8BG

    Apr 2025

  • 1

    Christchurch School Catering

    School/college/university · CM3 6JS

    Apr 2025

  • 1

    DJ's Lunchbox

    Mobile caterer · CM0

    Apr 2025

  • 2

    Dhan Shiri

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM0 8NS

    Jul 2025

  • 3

    Curry Cottage

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM0 8AG

    Feb 2026

  • 3

    The Best Kebab

    Takeaway/sandwich shop · CM9 4GD

    Jan 2026

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

  • 5

    Inclusive Catering Events/Wrappz \& Packz

    Mobile caterer · CM0

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Matts Meats

    Manufacturers/packers · CM0 8SH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Treetops Pre-School Burnham-On-Crouch Ltd

    School/college/university · CM0 8LG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bermondsey Street Bees

    Farmers/growers · CM9

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mellows

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM0 7DF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Deerlands Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · CM3 6LS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    St Peters Tea Room

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM9 6EG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    St Cedds School Catering

    School/college/university · CM0 7PY

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Costcutter

    Retailers - other · CM9 6DG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Ground Coffee House

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM0 8AA

    Mar 2026

Overdue inspection

Maldon 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.

  • ?

    Only Venison

    stale · 1504mo

    Manufacturers/packers · CM9

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Maldon Yacht Club

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CM9 5UR

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Maldon United Reformed Church

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CM9 4QA

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Maldon Escape Rooms

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CM9 5QP

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Maldon Bowls Club

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CM9 5JG

    Jan 1901

  • ?

    Latchingdon Village Hall

    stale · 1504mo

    Other catering premises · CM3 6EX

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Maldon.

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

Other catering premises

138 venues in Maldon

4.9
avg score

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

127 venues in Maldon

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

88 venues in Maldon

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

66 venues in Maldon

4.7
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

56 venues in Maldon

4.6
avg score

Mobile caterer

43 venues in Maldon

4.8
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

43 venues in Maldon

5.0
avg score

School/college/university

38 venues in Maldon

4.6
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Maldon.

  • 5

    Inclusive Catering Events/Wrappz \& Packz

    Mobile caterer · CM0

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Matts Meats

    Manufacturers/packers · CM0 8SH

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Treetops Pre-School Burnham-On-Crouch Ltd

    School/college/university · CM0 8LG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Bermondsey Street Bees

    Farmers/growers · CM9

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Mellows

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM0 7DF

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    Deerlands Day Nursery

    Caring Premises · CM3 6LS

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    St Peters Tea Room

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CM9 6EG

    Mar 2026

  • 5

    St Cedds School Catering

    School/college/university · CM0 7PY

    Mar 2026

Common questions

Food hygiene in Maldon, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Maldon?

RatingCafe tracks 667 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Maldon, 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 Maldon?

The average FSA hygiene score across Maldon is 4.78 out of 5. 86.6% of rated venues score a 5, and 7 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Maldon venues failed their FSA inspection?

Maldon currently has 7 venues rated 0 or 1 by the Food Standards Agency, which means the inspector found urgent hygiene shortcomings. The ten lowest-rated venues in Maldon 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 Maldon hygiene data?

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