The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Southend-On-Sea
East Counties · 1,477 registered food establishments · 71.4% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
39 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 41 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 25 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Southend-On-Sea interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 118 improved 76 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
33 days median · 69 days average
across 263 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 25 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 Southend-On-Sea
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | The Friary | → | SS1 2YH |
| 2026-10-06 | Jazz Bar And Restaurant | → | SS0 7JG |
| 2026-10-06 | Byers Bakery Ltd | → | SS1 2PW |
| 2026-10-06 | Randells Food And Wine | → | SS1 2NL |
| 2026-10-06 | The Bakery | → | SS9 3JE |
| 2026-10-06 | Catherine Miller House | → | SS9 1LB |
Latest changes in Southend-On-Sea
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | Takeover | Seould | SS1 1AB |
| 2026-10-02 | Opened | Drift Café | SS9 2ES |
| 2026-10-02 | Opened | Smiffys Whippys | SS9 2EB |
| 2026-10-02 | Opened | Sreepur Spice | SS0 9SY |
| 2026-10-02 | Opened | No Place Like Home | SS9 2ES |
| 2026-10-02 | Closed | Defne Restaurant | SS0 9ST |
| 2026-10-02 | Closed | The Kb Kitchen | SS0 7JG |
| 2026-10-02 | Closed | Bogaz Kitchen | SS9 5PT |
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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