The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Dover
South East · 1,211 registered food establishments · 81.8% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
38 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 41 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 193 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Dover interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 66 improved 71 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
77 days median · 95 days average
across 436 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 193 of 362 UK authorities (1 = fastest).
Measured from a business appearing in the published FSA dataset to its first rating appearing there. Authorities publish with delays (appeal windows, batch updates), so this reflects the register's speed, not necessarily inspection speed.
Latest published ratings in Dover
New inspection results as they appear on the register, most recent first. Ratings are published with a delay, so these are publication dates, not inspection dates.
| Date | Business | Rating | Postcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | Apollo Nursery | → | CT15 7LA |
| 2026-10-23 | Cinque Port Arms | → | CT17 9DQ |
| 2026-10-21 | Navith Brothers (Premier) | → | CT14 9RW |
| 2026-10-20 | The Lord Nelson | → | CT16 1HG |
| 2026-10-20 | Not Another Gift Shop | → | |
| 2026-10-20 | Preston Village Stores | → | CT3 1DY |
Latest changes in Dover
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | Closed | Mitie at Channel House | CT17 9TP |
| 2026-10-20 | Closed | Goldstone Brew 2 | |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | the half moon and seven stars | CT3 1EB |
| 2026-10-17 | Takeover | Istanbul kebab& pizza 2 nights | CT17 9DA |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | The moody cow | CT17 9DQ |
| 2026-10-17 | Opened | Equus Volans Ventures | |
| 2026-10-17 | Closed | ECF | CT17 0HL |
| 2026-10-16 | Closed | Dover Istanbul Kebab (T/A Pizza2Night, Big Boyz Pizza, Istanbul kebab House and Istanbul Grill) | CT17 9DA |
Contact the council
Think a rating is wrong, or a business is trading here but not listed? The food safety team for this area deals with both. If you run a business here and want a better score, how to improve a food hygiene rating sets out the three ways to respond and which of them needs this team.
These are the contact details the council gives the Food Standards Agency, shown as published. Your message goes to the council, not to us.
If the link has moved, search the council’s own site for food safety.
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