Online ordering system for Merton takeaways and restaurants

Chefzi is an online ordering system for takeaways and restaurants in Merton: 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 112 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 591 restaurant and café premises in Merton (pulled 13 November 2026).

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Merton's food register in numbers

The Food Standards Agency register has 1,606 food businesses of every kind in Merton: 112 takeaway or sandwich shop premises, 591 restaurants, cafés or canteens, and the rest in other categories. London has 33 councils on the FSA list, and Merton sits 31st of them for takeaway premises.

Restaurants and cafés outnumber takeaways by more than two to one (591 against 112), so sit-down kitchens that also do collection are a big part of the market.

Set against the ONS mid-2025 population estimate of 218,891, Merton has 5.1 takeaway premises per 10,000 residents, below the UK rate of 9.1 and 10.3 in London. Commuters and visitors use these premises too, so the ratio is a guide, not a count of customers.

Hygiene results for takeaways

Of 99 takeaway premises with a published rating, 71.7% hold a 5 and 3% are rated 0 to 2. The 5 share is above the 62% average for England (+9.7 points). In London as a whole, 56.8% of rated takeaways hold a 5, so Merton is above its region.

13 takeaway premises are shown as awaiting inspection and 63 (56%) had a rating date in the last 12 months. With so many 5s, a 4 or below stands out to a customer scrolling through options, so show your rating and fix anything that holds it down. How hygiene ratings work for takeaways.

Merton compared with elsewhere

• SW19 alone holds 38% of the takeaway premises in Merton (42 of 112), so a kitchen there is competing with a dense cluster for the same customers.
• 12% of takeaway premises (13) are still awaiting their first inspection, which usually means recent openings, so new competitors are arriving.
• Hygiene ratings differ by district: 89% of rated takeaways in SM4 hold a 5, against 52% in CR4.
• Wandsworth, 3 miles away, has 196 takeaway premises against 112 in Merton, so Merton customers have fewer local rivals.
• Merton leans towards restaurants and cafés: 5.3 for every takeaway, against about 2.3 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Sit-down kitchens adding collection and delivery are the growth route.

Which kitchens are in Merton

Looking at trading names, Merton has 6 cuisine words that appear in 10 or more premises: 23 chicken, 22 pizza, 18 kebab and more. This is a rough guide, not a cuisine census.

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 Merton: 29 of the 703 food premises (4.1%), against 1.8% across the UK, about 2.2 times the national rate. 11 of the 29 are in CR4, a district with 23 registered takeaways of every kind. Of the 28 rated chicken or peri-peri-named premises, 82% hold a 5, against 71.7% of rated takeaways of every cuisine in Merton. For a chicken shop in Merton, 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. Chinese or noodle names are rarer than average: 10 of 703 (1.4%, against 2.5% across the UK). These are name-keyword counts, a floor rather than a census.

Where Merton's takeaways sit, and how to draw delivery zones

The busiest takeaway postcode districts in Merton are SW19 (42), CR4 (23), SW20 (14), out of 7 districts with at least one takeaway.

Food premises in Merton are close together: 100% sit within 3 miles of the middle of the area (half are within 1 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.

Late-night hot food in Merton: 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. Merton's council publishes its process here: Merton 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.

Merton and the areas around it

Main places in the Merton council area include Wimbledon, Mitcham and Morden.

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, Indian restaurants, 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.