Hundreds of restaurants, takeaways, cafes, pubs, and bars were inspected by hygiene officers in Watford in 2023.

The inspections are carried out by officers working toward the Food Standards Agency's criteria, which are:

  • Hygienic food handling - Hygienic handling of food including preparation, cooking, re-heating, cooling and storage.
  • Management of food safety - System or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat, evidence that staff know about food safety, and the food safety officer has confidence that standards will be maintained in future.
  • Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building - Cleanliness and condition of facilities and building (including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control) to enable good food hygiene.

Update: C’est Juice has since been awarded a 5/5 rating upon inspection on January 31.

Eateries can be given different ratings for a number of reasons, including safety, cleanliness, paperwork, and training.

Dining spots are rated from zero to five, with zero being the worst and five being the best.

The full list of those that were given new hygiene ratings in Watford in 2023 is below:

Zero:

Watford dinners can rest assured no restaurants within the area have a score of zero.

One:

Brazuca Bar

Creed Restaurant And Lounge

Dhara's Kitchen

Hanako

La Bottega Italiana

Lalbagh Tandoori Restaurant

Max Peri Peri

Watford Sweets Limited

Two:

C'est Juice

Hanul Lautarilor

Kamu Street Food

La Brioche

Three:

Al Forno Café

Budgens (Printers Avenue)

Cafe Lounge

China Garden

Chiqizza / Persian Grill

Corner Shop (74 Market Street)

DKSR

Euro Food And Wine Ltd

Feel Wellbeing Café

Giardino 14 Coffee

Harris Grocery Limited

HK Roast Ltd (incorp. Mr Sushi & Panda Oriental)

Ho Lok

Lahore Restaurant

Lemongrass

Load Of Hay

Makkah Food Stores

Mint

Morrisons Daily (79-83 Tolpits Lane)

New Shapla Tandoori

Panda Inn

Pane Pan Bakery

Rock Up

Rolls N Rice

Saffron House

Sansetive Food Centre

Slow Boat

Spiceland Kebabish

Sumis Pakshala

Taste Of Lahore

The Prince George

The Viking

Viking Fish Bar

VP Annas Express

Watford General Hospital (Ward Kitchens)

Yummy Yummy Take Away

Four:

Afccos

All Saints Church Pop-Up Café

Authentic Thai Cuisine, Nascot Arms

Bazil Pizza Ltd

Bubbles 'N' Waffles

Cafe Bianco

Cafe Giardino

Cassiobury Court (Residents Accommodation)

Chartwells (at Bromet Primary School)

Cloud 7 Ltd

Cluckster

Crispy Dosa (Watford) Ltd

Dynamite Eats

Fry Days

Fusion Twist

GKT WINES

Happy Flavours Caribbean Takeaway

Herts Food And Wine

Hin Garden

Holiday Inn Express London, Watford Junction

Holy Rood Welcome Space

Humo

Impact Food Group (at Future Academy)

JRC GLOBAL BUFFET

Junior Adventures Group (at Beechfeld School)

Just Jollof

Kismat Tandoori Restaurant

Korean Cup-Bap

Kottu King Ltd

La Pino'z Pizza

Lidl

Lola's Cupcakes Watford

Lucky Bits Express

Med Cakes

Micky's Fish And Chips Kebab

Morley's

Nascot Arms

New Happy Place Chinese Takeaway

News Express

One YMCA

Opuz Kitchen

Our Brothers

Panda Cuisine

Peabody's Café (Watford General Hospital)

Pepe's Piri Piri

Peri Peri Original

Rainbow Childcare (at Alban Wood Primary School And Nursery)

Rio's Piri Piri

Sampound Stores

SGSS Watford Gurdwara

Sharmis Kitchen Ltd

Sipz N Snakz

Soliats Kitchen

Southern Cross

SQOOSHY

Square Pizza House

Tandoori Indian Takeaway

Tasty Delight

Teasco

The Anchor Fish Bar

Toska Cafe-Bar-Restaurant

VAI ICE

Valea Prahove

Vimco Superstores

Watford Christadelphians

Wenzels The Bakers

White Lion

Five:

15 Marketing

Advent Care Solutions

Aramark (at Watford Grammar School For Boys)

Aramark Ltd (at West Herts College)

Ashbourne Day Nurseries

Aspire Academies Trust (Knutsford School)

Batch'd

Bebe Foods Ltd

Best Western White House Hotel

Beyond Catering

Billbies & Co. (at Watford Rugby Club)

Boys And Girls Nursery Watford

Brim Burger Watford

Brunswick Court Care Centre

Bubble Citea

Bubble King

Building Blocks Preschool Nurseries

Burger Daddy

Burger King (atria)

Burgitzza

Bushmaster Frozen Cocktails

Busy Bees Nursery

Cafe West (at West Watford Free Church)

Caffee Beldj Limited

Cakebox

Camden Noodle Bar

Canvas

Caterlink (at Leavesden Green JMI School)

Caterlink (at Parkgate JM School)

Caterplus (at Prince Michael Of Kent Court)

Chaiiwala Watford

Chartwells (Alban Wood Primary School And Nursery, Beechfield Primary School, Cherry Tree Primary School, Laurance Haines School, Orchard Primary School)

Chatpata Swad

Chi Street Food

Chicken Cottage

Churros Mexicano

Codland Fish And Chips

Come Dine With Us LN15 VBD

Corner Newsagent (St Albans Road)

Costa Coffee (Watford Junction, Asda, High Street)

Costcutter Bushey

Cote Brasserie

Cupcakes With Character

D And D Newsagents

Daisy's In The Park

Derwish BQ Restaurant

DINE WITH DEVANG

Domino's Pizza

Dotty D Cakes

Essex Arms

Estcourt Tavern

Feros Sandwich & Bagel Hub

Fireaway Pizza

Five Guys

Forest House

Frankie And Benny's

Frieday

Fusion Kitchen

Ganesha

Garston Community Church

Gather & Gather By CH&CO Catering Ltd

Greenbanks Care Home

Greenco Food & Wine

Greggs (High Street X2)

Hafizullah SaleMohammad T/A The Filling Station

Halsey Masonic Hall Watford Ltd

Harvester Garston

Haute Dolci Watford

HCL (at Cassiobury Infant And Nursery School, Chater Infant School, Chater Junior School, Field Junior School, Kingsway Infants School, Kingsway Junior School, Lanchester Community Free School, Parkgate Infant And Nursery School, St. Anthonys Catholic Primary School, Watford Field Infant And Nursery School, Bushey And Oxhey Infants School)

Hilton Worldwide

Holiday Inn London - Watford Junction

Hollywood Bowl

Holywell Primary School

Home Baking Watford

Home Pizza

Impact Food Group (at Watford Grammar School For Girls)

Jack In The Box Nascot Wood

Joe & The Juice

Junior Adventures Group (at Watford Central Leisure Centre)

Just Italian Taste

Kellys Market

KHS Kitchen

King Of Pizza

Kings Catering

Kingswood Café

KPMG Staff Restaurant And Café

Krispy Kreme Watford

Lancaster Court

Leavesden Montessori House

Leavesden Tandoori

Lebanese Kitchen

Leonardo Hotel London Watford

Levy UK (Watford Football Club)

Ley Leys Kitchen

Little Blossom Nursery School

Little Hands Adventure Club (Holy Rood Primary School)

Little Raccoons Day Nursery

Londis

Mangal Plus

Marks And Spencers

McDonalds (St Albans Road X3, High Street)

Meriden Kitchen

MERKUR Slots

Midnight Drinks

Mitie (Langley House)

MITIE Cleaning And Environmental (Watford General Hospital)

Montrose Care Home

Mooboo Bubble Tea

Morrisons

Morrisons Daily

Mr Potato And Ms Pizza

Napoli Pizza And Grill

New Hope Trust

Next Thing Education Camps (Beechfield School)

O'Neills

Oodles Chinese

Oxhey Early Years Centre

Panku

Papa John's Pizza (Market Stree/St Albans Road)

Peace Hospice

Pepe's Piri Piri (whippendell Road, St Albans Road)

Pete's Beanery

Premier Inn (Water Lane, St Albans Road)

Pret A Manger

Prime Pizza

Puccinos

Pucka Tucka

Quite Nice Coffee

Ready Burger

Real Thai Cooking

Rich Wines

Roll Up

Sainsbury's (NW Avenue, Albert Road South)

Sheepcot Greggs

Sheepcot Subway

Slug And Lettuce / Popworld

Spice Lounge

Spice Up Kitchen

Squirrels Nursery Ascot Road School

Squirrels Nursery Lanchester School

St Lukes Church

St Peter's Church

St. Peter's Home

Sun Postal Sports & Social Club

Sunshine Tacos

Sushi No Mai

Sweet Trees By Browns

Tesco(Lower High Street)

TGI Fridays (St Albans Road)

The 1881 Bunker (Watford Football Club)

The Akshaya Patra UK Limited

The Cafe In The Park

The Lunch Box

The Nutty Grill

The Pantry (Holy Rood Catholic Primary School)

The Park Nursery

The Sandwich Box

The Yummy Van Company

Thekaa

Theo's BBQ

Thomas Franks (Wickes Watford)

Tikka Nation

Tonis Greek Coffee Bar

TopGolf

Tortilla

TR Cuisine/Wok Walk

Travelodge

Treatz Dessert

Tremona Care Home

Upper Crust

Vue Cinema

Wagamama

Watford BBQ

Watford Ex Service & Social Club

Wenzels The Bakers (High Street X2, Garston)

West Herts Golf Club

Westfield Pre School, A Community Interest Company

Wings Factory

Woodside Leisure Centre Café

Xtra Time Kidz Club

Yi Fang Watford

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