Online ordering system for Kingston upon Thames takeaways and restaurants

Chefzi is an online ordering system for takeaways and restaurants in Kingston upon Thames: 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 148 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 449 restaurant and café premises in Kingston upon Thames (pulled 13 November 2026).

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What the food register shows for Kingston upon Thames

Of the 1,451 food businesses registered in Kingston upon Thames, 148 are takeaway or sandwich shop premises and 449 are restaurants, cafés or canteens (Food Standards Agency register). For takeaway premises, Kingston upon Thames ranks 30th of the 33 councils the FSA lists in London.

Restaurants and cafés outnumber takeaways by more than two to one (449 against 148), so sit-down kitchens that also do collection are a big part of the market.

Per head of population that is 8.6 takeaway premises for every 10,000 residents (172,761 people in the ONS mid-2025 estimate), close to 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, 61.9% of the 134 rated takeaway premises in Kingston upon Thames hold a 5 and 6% sit at 0 to 2; the England average for a 5 is 62%. In London as a whole, 56.8% of rated takeaways hold a 5, so Kingston upon Thames is above its region.

13 takeaway premises are shown as awaiting inspection and 85 (57%) 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.

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

By postcode district, KT1 has the most takeaway premises in Kingston upon Thames (44), followed by KT6 (33) and KT3 (27).

Food premises in Kingston upon Thames are close together: 94% sit within 3 miles of the middle of the area (half are within 0.9 miles). A single postcode-based delivery zone per kitchen works well, and a short collection time is the main selling point. Chefzi's delivery zones are set by postcode or radius, with a minimum order and fee per zone.

Local patterns in Kingston upon Thames

• Hygiene ratings differ by district: 70% of rated takeaways in KT5 hold a 5, against 58% in KT6.
• Kingston upon Thames has 2.1 times as many takeaway premises as Richmond upon Thames (70), its nearest neighbour by food-premises centre.
• KT1 alone holds 30% of the takeaway premises in Kingston upon Thames (44 of 148), so a kitchen there is competing with a dense cluster for the same customers.
• 9% of takeaway premises (13) are still awaiting their first inspection, which usually means recent openings, so new competitors are arriving.

Cuisines on the Kingston upon Thames register

As a rough guide to the mix (trading names only, not a cuisine census), 4 cuisine words reach 10 premises in Kingston upon Thames: 26 pizza, 14 chicken, 13 Chinese-style 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.

Among trading names on the 13 November 2026 FSA pull, chicken or peri-peri is the one that runs slightly above the UK rate in Kingston upon Thames: 14 premises, 2.3% against 1.8%. 6 of the 14 are in KT1, a district with 44 registered takeaways of every kind. Of the 14 rated chicken or peri-peri-named premises, 43% hold a 5, against 61.9% of rated takeaways of every cuisine in Kingston upon Thames. Indian or curry names are rarer than average: 8 of 597 (1.3%, against 2.2% across the UK). These are name-keyword counts, a floor rather than a census.

Late-night hot food in Kingston upon Thames: 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. Kingston upon Thames's council publishes its process here: Kingston upon Thames 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.

Kingston upon Thames and the areas around it

Main places in the Kingston upon Thames council area include Kingston, Surbiton and New Malden.

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: Pizza, Chicken shops, Chinese takeaways, Fish and chips, or online ordering for takeaways.

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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.