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UK food hygiene · Merton

Merton.
1,475 food venues,
fully inspected.

Every restaurant, pub, takeaway and cafe in Merton with its official FSA hygiene rating. 80.0% score a 5. 14 need urgent improvement, and we show you which.

4.71
Avg FSA
1,018
venues scored 5/5
14
scored 0 or 1

Merton food hygiene in one minute

  • 1,475 food venues tracked in Merton, including restaurants, pubs, takeaways and cafes.
  • Average FSA score: 4.71 out of 5 across 1,272 rated venues.
  • 1,018 venues scored 5/5 (80.0%).
  • 14 venues scored 0 or 1 and require urgent improvement.
  • Data sourced from the UK Food Standards Agency, refreshed every 24 hours.

Merton in context

Merton runs ahead of the UK national average of 4.65, with a weighted FSA score of 4.71 across 1,272 rated venues.

80.0% of Merton venues hold a 5/5, runs hotter on 5-star venues than the UK average (78% nationally).

14 Merton venues currently score 0 or 1, 1.10% of rated stock, which keeps Merton below the national 0/1 prevalence of 1.24%.

Within Merton itself, the typical retailers - other averages 4.5/5 while a typical school/college/university averages 4.9/5, 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 Merton scores

1,272 rated · 203 awaiting
5
1,018 venues
80.0%
4
179 venues
14.1%
3
49 venues
3.9%
2
12 venues
0.9%
1
12 venues
0.9%
0
2 venues
0.2%
Lowest rated

The 10 we'd skip.

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

Highest rated

Most recent 5/5s.

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

Overdue inspection

Merton 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.

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    Slice of Bliss Ltd

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · CR4

    Jan 1901

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    Snack Clean

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SW19

    Jan 1901

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    Sports Focus Coaching LTD

    stale · 1504mo

    Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · SW19 2NT

    Jan 1901

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    WHSmith

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · SW19 8ND

    Jan 1901

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    Vitamunex

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · CR4

    Jan 1901

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    Village News

    stale · 1504mo

    Retailers - other · SW19 5DX

    Jan 1901

By type

What's in Merton.

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

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen

632 venues in Merton

4.7
avg score

Retailers - other

323 venues in Merton

4.5
avg score

Takeaway/sandwich shop

98 venues in Merton

4.5
avg score

Caring Premises

90 venues in Merton

4.9
avg score

School/college/university

80 venues in Merton

4.9
avg score

Other catering premises

64 venues in Merton

4.8
avg score

Pub/bar/nightclub

54 venues in Merton

4.8
avg score

Manufacturers/packers

39 venues in Merton

4.8
avg score
Just inspected

Most recent inspections in Merton.

Common questions

Food hygiene in Merton, questions answered.

How many food venues are rated in Merton?

RatingCafe tracks 1,475 Food Standards Agency-rated food businesses in Merton, 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 Merton?

The average FSA hygiene score across Merton is 4.71 out of 5. 80.0% of rated venues score a 5, and 14 venues are currently at 0 or 1, meaning urgent improvement required.

Which Merton venues failed their FSA inspection?

Merton 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 Merton 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 Merton hygiene data?

All Merton 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.

Across the UK

Other cities on RatingCafe.

All cities

Birmingham

10,108 venues

4.29 avg

Leeds

7,251 venues

4.67 avg

North Yorkshire

6,975 venues

4.78 avg

Glasgow

6,528 venues

4.6 avg

Manchester

6,452 venues

4.5 avg

Somerset

6,027 venues

4.84 avg

Highland

5,792 venues

4.56 avg

Westminster

5,561 venues

4.45 avg
Primary sources

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