Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 📍 Canterbury City

Love Cafe

Kent

Food hygiene rating 1 / 5 · Major improvement necessary

Bit dodgy, this one

Love Cafe scored just 1 out of 5 at its last inspection. Maybe think twice before ordering.

The breakdown

Hygiene Good Cleanliness & condition Generally satisfactory Confidence in management Major improvement necessary

Last inspected on 23 June 2025 by Canterbury City.

Rating over time

We have recorded 2 Food Standards Agency inspections for Love Cafe, from February 2020 to June 2025. Its hygiene rating has gone down, from 5 in 2020 to 1 in 2025.

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

Food hygiene rating history for Love Cafe
Inspection date	Rating	Verdict
10 February 2020	5 / 5	Very good
23 June 2025	1 / 5	Major improvement necessary

What does this rating mean?

Love Cafe in Kent has a food hygiene rating of 1 out of 5 (major improvement necessary). On the Food Standards Agency scale, 5 is the best and 0 is the worst. A 1 out of 5 means major 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?

5A Rose Lane,
Canterbury,
Kent,
CT1 2SJ

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

Who inspects Love Cafe?

Food hygiene at Love Cafe is inspected by Canterbury City, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at http://www.canterbury.gov.uk.

Questions about Love Cafe

What is Love Cafe’s food hygiene rating?

Love Cafe has a food hygiene rating of 1 out of 5 (Major improvement necessary), based on its last Food Standards Agency inspection on 23 June 2025.

When was Love Cafe last inspected?

Love Cafe was last inspected by Canterbury City on 23 June 2025.

Is a 1 out of 5 hygiene rating good?

A 1 out of 5 means major 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.