Costa Coffee food hygiene ratings
There are 2,624 Costa Coffee sites in the United Kingdom with a published food hygiene rating. Each is inspected by its own local council, the chain does not rate itself, and a rating earned in one town says nothing about the branch in the next. 192 sites are in Scotland, which uses a pass-or-improve scheme rather than a score out of five, and so are not counted in the figures below.
How Costa Coffee scores
92% of rated Costa Coffee branches hold the top score of 5, and 99% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.90 out of 5, a strikingly consistent record, well above the roughly 70% of all UK food businesses that manage a 5.
| 5 out of 5 | 2,205 | 92% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 168 | 7% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 25 | 1% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 3 | <1% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 1 | <1% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 0 | 0% |
A further 222 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated Costa Coffee branches
4 branches hold a rating of 2 or below. That is 0% of Costa Coffee's rated sites. A low rating is not a closure order, the business is required to fix what the inspector found.
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| Branch | Council | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa PO15 7PD | Winchester City | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 1 July 2026 |
| Costa BS32 8FB | South Gloucestershire | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 4 June 2026 |
| Costa Coffee ME14 1QG | Maidstone | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 24 March 2026 |
| Costa azul SE1 6PG | Southwark | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 26 September 2019 |
Questions about Costa Coffee
What is Costa Coffee's food hygiene rating?
Costa Coffee does not have a single rating. Every one of its 2,624 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 92% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.90 out of 5.
Is Costa Coffee clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 92% of Costa Coffee branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 4 branches score 2 or below.
Which Costa Coffee has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 4 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 2,402 rated sites.
Who inspects Costa Coffee?
Not Costa Coffee. Environmental health officers at each site's local council carry out the inspection, unannounced, and set the rating. The Food Standards Agency publishes the result. A chain cannot rate itself, and cannot change a rating.
Where the branches are
The councils inspecting the most Costa Coffee branches.
Birmingham, Edinburgh (City of), Liverpool, Cheshire East, Leeds, Buckinghamshire, Manchester, North Yorkshire
Other chains
Data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland under the Open Government Licence. Branches are identified from the business names councils publish; one trading under an unusual name may not be counted here. This site is not affiliated with Costa Coffee.