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Taste of Bowl food hygiene rating

Takeaway/sandwich shop · Barking and Dagenham

Taste of Bowl holds a 3: generally satisfactory. The takeaway met the legal standard, but the inspector recorded enough minor issues that it fell short of a good or very good rating.

The rating: 3 - Generally satisfactory

The rating dates from 18 February 2025, 16 months ago. Councils typically re-inspect higher-risk businesses every six months to two years, with well-run, low-risk places visited least often, so this is a normal gap.

How it compares in Barking and Dagenham

In Barking and Dagenham, 55% of rated places manage a 5, so Taste of Bowl sits behind roughly 932 nearby businesses. 14% of the borough shares its 3.

Every rated food business in Barking and Dagenham
5 out of 5 657 55%
4 out of 5 275 23%
3 out of 5 164 14% ← Taste of Bowl
2 out of 5 26 2%
1 out of 5 71 6%
0 out of 5 4 <1%

A further 249 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 Taste of Bowl 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.

Questions about Taste of Bowl

What is Taste of Bowl's food hygiene rating?

Taste of Bowl has a food hygiene rating of 3 out of 5 (generally satisfactory), given by Barking and Dagenham Council on 18 February 2025.

Is Taste of Bowl safe to eat at?

A 3 means the takeaway met the legal standard, so it is lawful to eat there, but the inspector recorded issues that stopped it scoring higher. It is the middle of the scale.

When was Taste of Bowl last inspected?

Taste of Bowl was last inspected on 18 February 2025, 16 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by Barking and Dagenham Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Taste of Bowl?

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

How does Taste of Bowl compare to other places in Barking and Dagenham?

55% of the 1,197 rated food businesses in Barking and Dagenham hold the top rating of 5, while Taste of Bowl holds a 3. 164 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

Barking and Dagenham Council inspects Taste of Bowl 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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