Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen 📍 Tonbridge and Malling

Tea Rooms

High Street

Food hygiene rating 4 / 5 · Good

Squeaky clean

Tea Rooms scored a 4 out of 5 at its last inspection. Tuck in.

The breakdown

Hygiene Very good Cleanliness & condition Generally satisfactory Confidence in management Good

Last inspected on 14 February 2025 by Tonbridge and Malling.

Rating over time

We have recorded 2 Food Standards Agency inspections for Tea Rooms, from September 2019 to February 2025. Its hygiene rating has held steady, from 4 in 2019 to 4 in 2025.

Food hygiene rating (0 to 5) at each FSA inspection of Tea Rooms.

Food hygiene rating history for Tea Rooms
Inspection date	Rating	Verdict
26 September 2019	4 / 5	Good
14 February 2025	4 / 5	Good

What does this rating mean?

Tea Rooms in High Street has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (good). On the Food Standards Agency scale, 5 is the best and 0 is the worst. A 4 out of 5 is good. Hygiene standards were found to be good at the last inspection, just short of the top mark.

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?

The Friars Tea Rooms,
Aylesford Priory,
High Street,
Aylesford,
ME20 7BX

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

Who inspects Tea Rooms?

Food hygiene at Tea Rooms is inspected by Tonbridge and Malling, the local authority responsible for this area. You can reach them at http://www.tmbc.gov.uk or [email protected].

Questions about Tea Rooms

What is Tea Rooms’s food hygiene rating?

Tea Rooms has a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5 (Good), based on its last Food Standards Agency inspection on 14 February 2025.

When was Tea Rooms last inspected?

Tea Rooms was last inspected by Tonbridge and Malling on 14 February 2025.

Is a 4 out of 5 hygiene rating good?

A 4 out of 5 is good. Hygiene standards were found to be good at the last inspection, just short of the top mark.

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.