The ratings behind the stars

DL1 postcode district overview

Snapshot 2026-09-26 · All mapped restaurants before search and filters.

Restaurants mapped
90
Ratings counted
9,744
Total ratings
44,724

Just Eat says its ratings use the previous 12 months of customer ratings. For the 90 takeaways yeet.food mapped in DL1 (Darlington area), that means 9,744 of 44,724 ratings (22%). 39 of 90 (43%) are flagged “often terrible”: more than 15% of at least 20 counted ratings are in the 1–2 star buckets. 65 of 90 (72%) have Just Eat's top rating of 5 out of 5, including 28 flagged “often terrible”. The highest Eat Score, yeet.food's independent measure, is 86.5 out of 100 for China Dragon, from 123 counted ratings.

Eat Scores use the counted ratings. The total also includes ratings outside that sample. Independent analysis of Just Eat data.

Highest Eat Scores in DL1 (Darlington area)

  1. China DragonEat Score86.5
    Darlington · DL1 5JHChinese, Thai · 123 counted ratings
  2. Bengal ExpressEat Score80.8
    Darlington · DL1 2AYIndian, Curry · 253 counted ratings
  3. Darlington · DL1 5PXBurgers, American · 99 counted ratings
  4. North Road Fish BarEat Score77.6
    Darlington · DL1 2EJFish & Chips · 281 counted ratings
  5. Taipan AsiaEat Score76.9
    Darlington · DL1 1LUThai, Japanese · 163 counted ratings
  6. China StarEat Score76.4
    Darlington · DL1 5JQChinese, Oriental · 155 counted ratings
  7. RoyalEat Score74.7
    Darlington · DL1 1XQIndian, Bangladeshi · 92 counted ratings
  8. ArvelliEat Score74.4
    Darlington · DL1 1QUIndian, Bangladeshi · 149 counted ratings
  9. Pizza DarloEat Score72
    Darlington · DL1 1UPPizza, Italian · 206 counted ratings
  10. Darlington · DL1 1XQPizza, Fish & Chips · 271 counted ratings