The Food Safety App
Food hygiene ratings in Waltham Forest
London · 1,973 registered food establishments · 50.6% rated 5 (FHRS) · Register data to 2026-10-12 · Contact the council
52 businesses lost a 5 rating this year → 110 premises changed hands in 12 months → Ranks 42 of 362 for time to first published rating →
Explore Waltham Forest interactively →Changes on the register, last 12 months
Ratings in the last 12 months: 309 improved 198 declined
■ opened ■ closed (last 12 months)
Current ratings
Time to first published rating
43 days median · 70 days average
across 645 newly listed businesses since 2022
Rank 42 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 Waltham Forest
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 | Pulse and Pickle | → | E17 6BX |
| 2026-10-10 | Gulliver London | → | E17 7BX |
| 2026-10-10 | Popeyes | → | E17 7BH |
| 2026-10-08 | Syed's Kitchen & grill | → | E4 8YJ |
| 2026-10-08 | Ruff's | → | E17 9NJ |
| 2026-10-07 | Bev’s Cafe at Selco | → | E4 8SU |
Latest changes in Waltham Forest
| Date | Event | Business | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | Takeover | Krystal Lounge | E11 4HH |
| 2026-10-06 | Takeover | Melo Coffee House Co | E4 9LQ |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | E17 Breakfast House/Griddle Yard | E17 7JY |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | Leyton Trinity Methodist Church Foodbank | E10 5PW |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | Caphe | E17 4RX |
| 2026-10-06 | Takeover | Maison Misba | E10 7DT |
| 2026-10-06 | Opened | Bonjour Cafe & Patisserie | |
| 2026-10-06 | Takeover | Highams Park Butchers | E4 9LQ |
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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