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Craft and Skewers food hygiene rating

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · Milton Keynes

Craft and Skewers holds a 4, meaning hygiene standards at the restaurant are good. It is a solid result, the inspector found nothing serious, though a 5 was just out of reach.

The rating: 4 - Good

The rating dates from 10 January 2025, 18 months ago. That is getting on for the longest gap councils usually leave, so the score may not reflect how the business is run today.

Address: 122 High Street, Newport Pagnell, MK16 8EH

How it compares in Milton Keynes

In Milton Keynes, 77% of rated places manage a 5, so Craft and Skewers sits behind roughly 1,754 nearby businesses. 16% of the borough shares its 4.

Every rated food business in Milton Keynes
5 out of 5 1,754 77%
4 out of 5 361 16% ← Craft and Skewers
3 out of 5 111 5%
2 out of 5 30 1%
1 out of 5 14 1%
0 out of 5 1 <1%

A further 236 businesses in the area are awaiting inspection or exempt, so are not counted above.

What the inspector found

An inspection scores three things: how food is handled, the physical condition of the premises, and how much the inspector trusts management to keep standards up. At Craft and Skewers none of the three raised a concern, the overall rating is only ever as strong as its weakest area, so a clean sweep is what produces a high score.

Food hygiene ratings nearby

The closest food businesses to Craft and Skewers, nearest first, so you can see how it compares to its neighbours.

Business Distance Rating Inspected
Kolkata Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 15 yards away 5 - Very good 25 June 2026
Charcoal Grill Takeaway/sandwich shop 70 yards away 5 - Very good 15 July 2025
Apollonia Greek Cuisine Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 124 yards away 5 - Very good 21 October 2024
Coachmakers Arms Pub/bar/nightclub 124 yards away 5 - Very good 6 June 2019
Market Hill Greengrocers Retailers - other 124 yards away 5 - Very good 21 March 2023
Castlemead Court Care Home Caring Premises 161 yards away 5 - Very good 15 January 2026
Cedars Primary School (Dolce Ltd) School/college/university 177 yards away 5 - Very good 6 December 2024
Co-op Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets 224 yards away 5 - Very good 25 September 2025

Questions about Craft and Skewers

What is Craft and Skewers's food hygiene rating?

Craft and Skewers has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (good), given by Milton Keynes Council on 10 January 2025.

Is Craft and Skewers safe to eat at?

The rating covers hygiene standards found at inspection, not the food itself. At 4 out of 5, the inspector found hygiene standards at this restaurant to be good, the top end of the scale.

When was Craft and Skewers last inspected?

Craft and Skewers was last inspected on 10 January 2025, 18 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by Milton Keynes Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Craft and Skewers?

The inspector scored three areas. Hygienic food handling was rated "good", the cleanliness and condition of the building "generally satisfactory", and confidence in the management of food safety "good". Lower concern in all three is what earns a high overall rating.

How does Craft and Skewers compare to other places in Milton Keynes?

77% of the 2,271 rated food businesses in Milton Keynes hold the top rating of 5, while Craft and Skewers holds a 4. 361 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

Milton Keynes Council inspects Craft and Skewers and sets the rating; the Food Standards Agency publishes it. Neither the business nor this site can change a rating, a business that disagrees can appeal to its council, and can request a re-inspection once it has fixed the problems.

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Craft and Skewers is one of 115 rated food businesses in Newport Pagnell. See every hygiene rating in Newport Pagnell

Milton Keynes inspects and rates 2,507 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in Milton Keynes

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