Online ordering for takeaways and restaurants in South West
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South West has 4,057 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 12,520 restaurant and café premises across 27 council areas on the FSA register (pulled 13 November 2026). Chefzi gives each of them their own ordering site at 0% commission, first month free, no card, month to month.
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Council areas in South West, by number of takeaways
| Council area | Takeaways | Restaurants and cafés | Rated 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall (Newquay, St Austell) | 454 | 1,683 | 76.6% |
| Bristol (Bristol) | 427 | 1,501 | 61.1% |
| Somerset (Taunton, Yeovil) | 358 | 1,110 | 81.3% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (Bournemouth) | 335 | 973 | 81.8% |
| Dorset (Weymouth) | 314 | 948 | 91.4% |
| Wiltshire (Salisbury, Trowbridge) | 293 | 676 | 74.4% |
| Plymouth (Plymouth) | 172 | 463 | 55.4% |
| Torbay (Torquay, Paignton) | 154 | 290 | 68.3% |
| Stroud (Stroud) | 142 | 213 | 71.4% |
| North Somerset (Weston-super-Mare, Portishead) | 141 | 313 | 60% |
| South Gloucestershire (Yate, Bradley Stoke) | 139 | 370 | 68.3% |
| Swindon (Swindon, Stratton St Margaret) | 136 | 314 | 72.9% |
| Bath and North East Somerset (Bath) | 115 | 414 | 47.3% |
| Gloucester (Gloucester) | 105 | 295 | 60.8% |
| Cheltenham (Cheltenham) | 95 | 315 | 76.6% |
| East Devon (Exmouth) | 93 | 339 | 75.3% |
| Teignbridge (Newton Abbot) | 90 | 283 | 80.2% |
| Exeter (Exeter) | 85 | 361 | 73.5% |
| North Devon (Barnstaple) | 79 | 352 | 70.8% |
| Forest of Dean (Cinderford, Coleford) | 59 | 237 | 87.9% |
| South Hams (Totnes, Kingsbridge) | 53 | 225 | 79.2% |
| Torridge (Bideford, Northam) | 50 | 114 | 80% |
| Mid Devon (Tiverton, Crediton) | 46 | 142 | 59.1% |
| Tewkesbury (Tewkesbury, Bishop's Cleeve) | 44 | 166 | 75% |
| Cotswold (Cirencester, Tetbury) | 43 | 296 | 87.8% |
| West Devon (Tavistock, Okehampton) | 31 | 103 | 83.9% |
| Isles of Scilly (St Mary's) | 4 | 24 | 100% |
Across South West, 73.3% of rated takeaway premises hold a 5 and 3.4% are rated 0 to 2; the average for England is 62% rated 5.
Trading names containing a cuisine word, across the area: pizza619, fish and chips483, chinese411, indian339, kebab321.
Ordering pages by cuisine in South West
21 city and cuisine pages, each with the Food Standards Agency name counts for its council area.
Kebab shops
Indian and Pakistani restaurants
Pizza shops
Chinese takeaways
South West in numbers
Spread over about 5,906,997 residents (ONS mid-2025 estimate), South West's 4,057 takeaway premises work out at 6.9 per 10,000 people, below the UK figure of 9.1. That puts South West 7th of 8 on this site's region pages for takeaways per 10,000 people.
Isles of Scilly is the most takeaway-dense council area in South West (17.4 per 10,000 residents) and Tewkesbury the least (4.2).
Rated takeaways that hold a 5: 100% in Isles of Scilly, 47.3% in Bath and North East Somerset, so the area average of 73.3% hides a 52.7-point spread.
11% of South West's takeaway premises (454 of 4,057) are in Cornwall.
Across the UK 46% of takeaway premises carry an inspection from the last 12 months; in South West it is 44%.
By name, the cuisine words that appear most often here are pizza 1.1% (UK 1.5%); fish and chips 0.9% (UK 0.9%); chinese 0.8% (UK 0.8%), each as a share of all premises. A name count misses any premises without the word in its name.
The takeaways are spread over 267 postcode districts; the six below account for 9% of the total.
| Postcode district | Takeaways | Share of area | Rated 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL1 | 74 | 2% | 54% |
| DT4 | 63 | 2% | 93% |
| BS5 | 62 | 2% | 53% |
| BS1 | 62 | 2% | 57% |
| BS16 | 60 | 1% | 62% |
| EX4 | 55 | 1% | 80% |
Sources: FSA open data pulled 13 November 2026 (Open Government Licence v3.0) and ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Shares from small samples shift quickly, so use them as a guide.
Late-night hot food (11pm to 5am) is handled by each council, so the rules and forms differ between the areas above. Each area page links its own council's licensing page where we found one, and the late night refreshment licence guide covers the general rules.
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Questions
How many takeaways are there in South West?
The FSA register lists 4,057 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 12,520 restaurant, café and canteen premises across the 27 council areas on this page, pulled 13 November 2026. Cornwall has the most takeaway premises (454).
Does Chefzi work in every part of South West?
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Starter is £12 a month (£9 billed yearly), Plus £22 (£19) and Pro £49 (£39), per location and ex VAT, 0% commission, first month free with no card, month to month with no contract.
Which council area in South West has the most takeaways?
Cornwall, with 454 of the 4,057 takeaway and sandwich shop premises on the FSA register (11%). Per head, Isles of Scilly is the densest, at 17.4 per 10,000 residents.
Which postcode districts in South West have the most takeaways?
On the register pulled 13 November 2026 the busiest districts are GL1 (74), DT4 (63), BS5 (62), BS1 (62), and takeaways sit across 267 districts in all.
How do hygiene ratings for South West takeaways compare across the area?
Among rated takeaways, the share that hold a 5 is 100% in Isles of Scilly and 47.3% in Bath and North East Somerset. Ratings are a snapshot of one inspection each, so treat the gap as a pointer.
Source: Food Standards Agency open data (Open Government Licence v3.0), pulled 13 November 2026. All UK locations.
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