Online ordering system for Torfaen takeaways and restaurants

Chefzi is an online ordering system for takeaways and restaurants in Torfaen: 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 84 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 116 restaurant and café premises in Torfaen (pulled 13 November 2026).

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What the food register shows for Torfaen

Of the 802 food businesses registered in Torfaen, 84 are takeaway or sandwich shop premises and 116 are restaurants, cafés or canteens (Food Standards Agency register). For takeaway premises, Torfaen ranks 18th of the 22 councils the FSA lists in Wales.

Restaurants and cafés (116) outnumber takeaways (84), but takeaways are still about 10% of the 802 food premises of every kind that Torfaen registers.

Per head of population that is 8.9 takeaway premises for every 10,000 residents (93,973 people in the ONS mid-2025 estimate), close to the UK figure of 9.1. Premises also serve commuters and visitors, so busy centres run higher.

Hygiene results for takeaways

On hygiene, 57.5% of the 80 rated takeaway premises in Torfaen hold a 5 and 1.2% sit at 0 to 2; the Wales average for a 5 is 54.3% (+3.2 points).

4 takeaway premises are shown as awaiting inspection and 54 (64%) 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, NP4 has the most takeaway premises in Torfaen (48), followed by NP44 (36).

Food premises in Torfaen are close together: 78% sit within 3 miles of the middle of the area (half are within 1.6 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 Torfaen

• Torfaen has the number 8 most takeaway premises of the 10 council areas in South East Wales.
• Restaurants and cafés here do much better on hygiene ratings than takeaways: 75.9% hold a 5 against 57.5% for takeaways.
• Hygiene ratings differ by district: 64% of rated takeaways in NP4 hold a 5, against 49% in NP44.
• Newport, 5 miles away, has 160 takeaway premises against 84 in Torfaen, so Torfaen customers have fewer local rivals.
• Takeaways are a bigger part of the picture here than in most places: there are 1.4 restaurants and cafés for every takeaway in Torfaen, against about 2.3 across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Cuisines on the Torfaen register

As a rough guide to the mix (trading names only, not a cuisine census), 3 cuisine words reach 10 premises in Torfaen: 13 fish and chip, 11 pizza, 10 Indian-style.

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.

Reading trading names on the 13 November 2026 FSA pull, Torfaen stands out for Indian or curry: 10 premises, 5.0% of the 200 on the register, against 2.2% across the UK. 6 of the 10 are in NP44, a district with 36 registered takeaways of every kind. Of the 10 rated Indian or curry-named premises, 60% hold a 5, against 57.5% of rated takeaways of every cuisine in Torfaen. An indian restaurant here shares its streets with more lookalikes than the national average would predict, so a direct ordering page and a clear link on your Google Business Profile do more work. Chicken or peri-peri names are rarer than average: 3 of 200 (1.5%, against 1.8% across the UK). These are name-keyword counts, a floor rather than a census.

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

Torfaen and the areas around it

Main places in the Torfaen council area include Cwmbran and Pontypool.

Part of South East Wales, with Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil and Monmouthshire.

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

Set-ups for the kitchens here: Fish and chips, Pizza, 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.