Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 📍 Barking and Dagenham

Brothers Cafe

Barking

Food hygiene rating 2 / 5 · Improvement necessary

Bit dodgy, this one

Brothers Cafe scored just 2 out of 5 at its last inspection. Maybe think twice before ordering.

The breakdown

Hygiene Improvement necessary Cleanliness & condition Improvement necessary Confidence in management Generally satisfactory

Last inspected on 29 November 2025 by Barking and Dagenham.

Rating over time

We have recorded 2 Food Standards Agency inspections for Brothers Cafe, from December 2021 to November 2025. Its hygiene rating has gone down, from 3 in 2021 to 2 in 2025.

Food hygiene rating (0 to 5) at each FSA inspection of Brothers Cafe.

Food hygiene rating history for Brothers Cafe
Inspection date	Rating	Verdict
10 December 2021	3 / 5	Generally satisfactory
29 November 2025	2 / 5	Improvement necessary

What does this rating mean?

Brothers Cafe in Barking has a food hygiene rating of 2 out of 5 (improvement necessary). On the Food Standards Agency scale, 5 is the best and 0 is the worst. A 2 out of 5 means some improvement was necessary at the last inspection.

The rating reflects standards found at the last inspection. It is not a verdict on how the food tastes - it scores how well the business manages food safety. How often a place is inspected depends on its risk: lower-rated and higher-risk businesses are revisited more often than spotless ones.

Where is it?

12a Thames Road,
Barking,
IG11 0HZ

This is the official Food Standards Agency hygiene badge for Brothers Cafe. The data is published by the FSA under the Open Government Licence.

Who inspects Brothers Cafe?

Food hygiene at Brothers Cafe is inspected by Barking and Dagenham, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/Pages/Home.aspx or [email protected].

Questions about Brothers Cafe

What is Brothers Cafe’s food hygiene rating?

Brothers Cafe has a food hygiene rating of 2 out of 5 (Improvement necessary), based on its last Food Standards Agency inspection on 29 November 2025.

When was Brothers Cafe last inspected?

Brothers Cafe was last inspected by Barking and Dagenham on 29 November 2025.

Is a 2 out of 5 hygiene rating good?

A 2 out of 5 means some improvement was necessary at the last inspection.

What do the food hygiene scores mean?

The rating combines three checks made on the day of the inspection: how hygienically food is handled, the cleanliness and condition of the premises, and how confident the inspector is that management will keep standards up. A higher overall score, from 0 up to 5, means fewer problems were found.