Online ordering system for Greenwich takeaways and restaurants

Chefzi is an online ordering system for takeaways and restaurants in Greenwich: your own ordering site and branded Android app (iOS coming soon), 0% commission, plans from £9 a month billed yearly, first month free with no card, month to month with no contract. The FSA register lists 228 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 561 restaurant and café premises in Greenwich (pulled 13 November 2026).

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What the food register shows for Greenwich

Of the 2,356 food businesses registered in Greenwich, 228 are takeaway or sandwich shop premises and 561 are restaurants, cafés or canteens (Food Standards Agency register). For takeaway premises, Greenwich ranks 21st of the 33 councils the FSA lists in London.

Restaurants and cafés outnumber takeaways by more than two to one (561 against 228), so sit-down kitchens that also do collection are a big part of the market.

Per head of population that is 7.6 takeaway premises for every 10,000 residents (301,225 people in the ONS mid-2025 estimate), below the UK figure of 9.1 and 10.3 in London. Premises also serve commuters and visitors, so busy centres run higher.

Hygiene results for takeaways

On hygiene, 68.5% of the 213 rated takeaway premises in Greenwich hold a 5 and 4.7% sit at 0 to 2; the England average for a 5 is 62% (+6.5 points). In London as a whole, 56.8% of rated takeaways hold a 5, so Greenwich is above its region.

15 takeaway premises are shown as awaiting inspection and 98 (43%) had a rating date in the last 12 months. A 5 is not the default here, so a kitchen that holds one can say so on its own ordering page. How hygiene ratings work for takeaways.

Local patterns in Greenwich

• Newham, 4 miles away, has 410 takeaway premises against 228 in Greenwich, so Greenwich customers have fewer local rivals.
• SE18 alone holds 35% of the takeaway premises in Greenwich (80 of 228), so a kitchen there is competing with a dense cluster for the same customers.
• Hygiene ratings differ by district: 79% of rated takeaways in SE10 hold a 5, against 56% in SE2.

Cuisines on the Greenwich register

As a rough guide to the mix (trading names only, not a cuisine census), 6 cuisine words reach 10 premises in Greenwich: 36 chicken, 30 pizza, 26 kebab and more.

Counts are premises, takeaway plus restaurant and café, whose registered trading name contains the word. A name without the word is not counted, so treat them as a floor.

On the 13 November 2026 FSA pull, chicken or peri-peri names are the most distinctive cuisine word in Greenwich: 38 of the 789 food premises (4.8%), against 1.8% across the UK, about 2.6 times the national rate. 15 of the 38 are in SE18, a district with 80 registered takeaways of every kind. Of the 37 rated chicken or peri-peri-named premises, 49% hold a 5, against 68.5% of rated takeaways of every cuisine in Greenwich. For a chicken shop in Greenwich, that means more near-identical names on the same delivery apps, which makes a page of your own, linked from your Google listing, worth more. Indian or curry names are rarer than average: 12 of 789 (1.5%, against 2.2% across the UK). These are name-keyword counts, a floor rather than a census.

Where the takeaways are, and what that means for delivery zones

By postcode district, SE18 has the most takeaway premises in Greenwich (80), followed by SE10 (57) and SE9 (38).

93% of Greenwich's food premises sit within 3 miles of the middle of the area, and half are within 2 miles, so a kitchen can usually cover its patch with one postcode-based zone; a short collection time is the easiest thing to promise. Chefzi's delivery zones are set by postcode or radius, with a minimum order and fee per zone.

Late-night hot food in Greenwich: the council's own page

Serving hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am normally needs a late night refreshment licence under the Licensing Act 2003, issued by the local council. Greenwich's council publishes its process here: Greenwich council licensing page (checked 13 November 2026). Check it before you open your ordering hours past 11pm.

The general rules, the 11pm to 5am window and what to ask are in the late night refreshment licence guide. Chefzi lets you set collection and delivery hours separately, so ordering hours can follow whatever your licence conditions say. This is general information, not legal advice.

Greenwich and the areas around it

Main places in the Greenwich council area include Greenwich, Woolwich and Eltham.

Part of Greater London, with Camden, Southwark, Brent, Croydon, Newham and Lambeth.

Nearest council areas by the centre of their food premises (distance between centres):

Set-ups for the kitchens here: Chicken shops, Pizza, Kebab shops, Chinese takeaways, or online ordering for takeaways.

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Popular in London

• Chicken shop ordering in Newham
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Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), Open Government Licence v3.0, pulled 13 November 2026. Takeaway/sandwich shop and restaurant/café/canteen business types.
• Council licensing page linked above, opened 13 November 2026.