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Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop food hygiene rating

Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · East Staffordshire

Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop 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 8 April 2025, 15 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.

Address: 86 High Street, Rocester, Uttoxeter, ST14 5JU

How it compares in East Staffordshire

In East Staffordshire, 73% of rated places manage a 5, so Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop sits behind roughly 741 nearby businesses. 17% of the borough shares its 4.

Every rated food business in East Staffordshire
5 out of 5 741 73%
4 out of 5 170 17% ← Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop
3 out of 5 53 5%
2 out of 5 17 2%
1 out of 5 30 3%
0 out of 5 0 0%

A further 191 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 Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop 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 Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop, nearest first, so you can see how it compares to its neighbours.

Business Distance Rating Inspected
Rocester Fish Bar Takeaway/sandwich shop at this address 4 - Good 30 April 2025
Buttercross Cafe Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 2 yards away 5 - Very good 24 April 2026
Premier Grocery Store Retailers - other 47 yards away Exempt
Rocester Spar Retailers - other 78 yards away 5 - Very good 20 October 2023
JCB Academy and JCB Apprenticeship Engineering Centre School/college/university 102 yards away 5 - Very good 6 July 2026
St Michaels Church Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 166 yards away 5 - Very good 13 November 2024
The Red Lion Pub/bar/nightclub 188 yards away 5 - Very good 9 April 2026
Panacea Premier Indian Takeaway/sandwich shop 249 yards away 1 - Major improvement necessary 21 July 2025

Questions about Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop

What is Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop's food hygiene rating?

Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (good), given by East Staffordshire Council on 8 April 2025.

Is Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop 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 Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop last inspected?

Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop was last inspected on 8 April 2025, 15 months ago. Food hygiene inspections are unannounced, and the rating is published by East Staffordshire Council rather than by the business.

What did the inspector find at Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop?

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 "good". Lower concern in all three is what earns a high overall rating.

How does Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop compare to other places in East Staffordshire?

73% of the 1,011 rated food businesses in East Staffordshire hold the top rating of 5, while Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop holds a 4. 170 places in the area share that rating.

Who decides the rating?

East Staffordshire Council inspects Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop 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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More food hygiene ratings near here

Sweet Retreat Coffee Shop is one of 195 rated food businesses in Uttoxeter. See every hygiene rating in Uttoxeter

East Staffordshire inspects and rates 1,202 food businesses across its whole area. See every food hygiene rating in East Staffordshire

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