Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 📍 Barking and Dagenham

Take a Break

Dagenham

Food hygiene rating 5 / 5 · Very good

Squeaky clean

Take a Break scored a 5 out of 5 at its last inspection. Tuck in.

The breakdown

Hygiene Good Cleanliness & condition Good Confidence in management Good

Last inspected on 11 October 2025 by Barking and Dagenham.

Rating over time

We have recorded 2 Food Standards Agency inspections for Take a Break, from October 2021 to October 2025. Its hygiene rating has held steady, from 5 in 2021 to 5 in 2025.

Food hygiene rating (0 to 5) at each FSA inspection of Take a Break.

Food hygiene rating history for Take a Break
Inspection date	Rating	Verdict
28 October 2021	5 / 5	Very good
11 October 2025	5 / 5	Very good

What does this rating mean?

Take a Break in Dagenham has a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5 (very good). On the Food Standards Agency scale, 5 is the best and 0 is the worst. Yes - 5 is the top food hygiene rating. It means hygiene standards were very good 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?

244 Oxlow Lane,
Dagenham,
RM10 7YX

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

Who inspects Take a Break?

Food hygiene at Take a Break 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 Take a Break

What is Take a Break’s food hygiene rating?

Take a Break has a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5 (Very good), based on its last Food Standards Agency inspection on 11 October 2025.

When was Take a Break last inspected?

Take a Break was last inspected by Barking and Dagenham on 11 October 2025.

Is a 5 out of 5 hygiene rating good?

Yes - 5 is the top food hygiene rating. It means hygiene standards were very good 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.