Online ordering system for Three Rivers takeaways and restaurants

Chefzi is an online ordering system for takeaways and restaurants in Three Rivers: 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 45 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 123 restaurant and café premises in Three Rivers (pulled 13 November 2026).

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What the food register shows for Three Rivers

Of the 630 food businesses registered in Three Rivers, 45 are takeaway or sandwich shop premises and 123 are restaurants, cafés or canteens (Food Standards Agency register). For takeaway premises, Three Rivers ranks 43rd of the 45 councils the FSA lists in East of England.

Restaurants and cafés outnumber takeaways by more than two to one (123 against 45), so sit-down kitchens that also do collection are a big part of the market.

Per head of population that is 4.7 takeaway premises for every 10,000 residents (96,068 people in the ONS mid-2025 estimate), below the UK figure of 9.1 and 7.2 in East of England. Premises also serve commuters and visitors, so busy centres run higher.

Hygiene results for takeaways

On hygiene, 66.7% of the 42 rated takeaway premises in Three Rivers hold a 5 and 2.4% sit at 0 to 2; the England average for a 5 is 62% (+4.7 points). In East of England as a whole, 67.4% of rated takeaways hold a 5, so Three Rivers is close to its region.

3 takeaway premises are shown as awaiting inspection and 22 (49%) 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 Three Rivers

• Three Rivers has the fewest takeaway premises of the 10 council areas in Hertfordshire.
• Restaurants and cafés here do much better on hygiene ratings than takeaways: 83.2% hold a 5 against 66.7% for takeaways.
• Watford, 3 miles away, has 76 takeaway premises against 45 in Three Rivers, so Three Rivers customers have fewer local rivals.
• WD3 alone holds 58% of the takeaway premises in Three Rivers (26 of 45), so a kitchen there is competing with a dense cluster for the same customers.

Cuisines on the Three Rivers register

As a rough guide to the mix (trading names only, not a cuisine census), one cuisine word reaches 10 premises in Three Rivers: 11 pizza.

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, pizza is the one that runs slightly above the UK rate in Three Rivers: 11 premises, 6.5% against 4.6%. 7 of the 11 are in WD3, a district with 26 registered takeaways of every kind. Of the 11 rated pizza-named premises, 64% hold a 5, against 66.7% of rated takeaways of every cuisine in Three Rivers. Chinese or noodle names are rarer than average: 2 of 168 (1.2%, against 2.5% 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, WD3 has the most takeaway premises in Three Rivers (26), followed by WD5 (8) and WD19 (8).

Half of the food premises in Three Rivers are within 1.8 miles of the centre, 63% within 3 miles and 100% within 10. That suits a close zone with a low minimum order plus a wider zone with a higher minimum and a delivery fee. Chefzi's delivery zones are set by postcode or radius, with a minimum order and fee per zone.

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

Three Rivers and the areas around it

Main places in the Three Rivers council area include Rickmansworth, Chorleywood and Croxley Green.

Part of Hertfordshire, with Broxbourne, Dacorum, East Hertfordshire, Hertsmere, North Hertfordshire and St Albans.

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

Set-ups for the kitchens here: Pizza, 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.