The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Reading
South East · 1,514 registered food establishments · 65.1% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-26 · Contact the council
63 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 60 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 246 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Reading interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 132 improved 169 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
91 days median · 128 days average
across 432 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 246 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 Reading
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Yardmanstyle Takeaway | → | RG2 8EX |
| 2026-10-23 | The Continental and 7seas Marketplace | → | RG1 1EX |
| 2026-10-23 | Acorn Kitchen | → | RG31 5NW |
| 2026-10-23 | The Water Tower | → | RG31 4DU |
| 2026-10-23 | Lekker Wors | → | |
| 2026-10-23 | Pepe's Piri Piri | → | RG1 7UD |
Latest changes in Reading
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | U Sports at New Town Primary School | RG1 3LS |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | U Sports at Geoffrey Field Junior School | RG2 8RH |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | U Sports at Meadow Park Academy | RG30 6BS |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | U Sports at Thameside Primary School | RG4 8DB |
| 2026-10-23 | Opened | ADDA | |
| 2026-10-23 | Closed | Lyndhurst Arms | |
| 2026-10-20 | Takeover | DevilK / Dope / ChiTaco / Doner / SBowl / HailC / Mack J / YVeg | was Devil's Kitchen / Dope / Chi Taco / Doner / Spag Bowl / Hail C / Mac Junkies / YouVegan/ Taste On/ Crazy Chicken/ Smash Out/ In Fry/ Filthy Vegan/ Crazy Egg/ Milano'z Pizza/ Kings Kitchen |
| 2026-10-15 | Opened | Sip N Vape | RG4 5DG |
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.
Ask the data
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