The King's Balti

Many 1–2★ ratings

187 Newgate Street, County Durham, DL14 7EL
Indian · Curry

Eat Score23Our measure, out of 100. How it works
Just Eat rating3.5/5The stars Just Eat shows. × 20 = 70
Expected rating3.0/5A plain average of the same ratings. Just Eat shows the median. Why they differ
Rating gap47.0Points between Just Eat’s 70 and our 23. About the gap

How the 34 counted ratings split

41% 4–5★41% 1–2★5★ 18% (6)4★ 24% (8)3★ 18% (6)2★ 6% (2)1★ 35% (12)

Just Eat’s five rating buckets, with the number of ratings in each. Half-star ratings fall into a bucket.

2/5Food hygiene, inspected Jan 2026
34Ratings counted
2,273Total ratings

Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency or Food Standards Scotland, as shown on Just Eat.

Just Eat gives The King's Balti in County Durham a rating of 3.5 out of 5, from 34 of its 2,273 ratings (1%); Just Eat says its rating uses the previous 12 months. Of those counted, 41% are in the 4–5 star buckets and 41% in the 1–2 star buckets. That is “many 1–2 star ratings” by yeet.food’s definition: more than 15% of counted ratings in the 1–2 star buckets. Its Eat Score, yeet.food's independent measure, is 23 out of 100. It ranks 48th of 50 rated takeaways in DL14 and 286th of 297 in Darlington (DL).

Ratings snapshot: . These are historical ratings, not a live assessment.

Quality & delivery

RatingsGoodNeutralPoor
Quality
34 ratings
41.2%14.7%44.1%
Delivery
34 ratings
41.2%20.6%38.2%

Good means 4–5 stars for quality, or “Amazing” delivery. Component labels inferred from Just Eat’s data.

As shown on Just Eat

Just Eat rating, total reviews and rating distribution for The King's Balti at the capture date
Captured (UK time).
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What these numbers mean

The counted sample is the sum of Just Eat’s five rating buckets. Its published explanation describes a median score from the previous 12 months. The broader total includes ratings outside this sample; these aggregates do not tell us why each rating was excluded. Buckets group half-star ratings, so the 4–5 bucket percentage is not an exact count of individual four- and five-star reviews.

41% fall in the 1–2 star buckets. Our “Many 1–2★ ratings” label means more than 15% fall in those buckets, with at least 20 counted ratings.

Its Eat Score is 23 out of 100. The Eat Score is our own measure, and higher is better: it gives counted ratings in band 4 90% credit and band 5 full credit, with a growing penalty as negative feedback becomes more common. The 1-star band carries slightly more weight than the 2-star band, and small samples are adjusted towards a fixed UK reference. It is not Just Eat’s rating.

How the Eat Score works · Just Eat’s ratings explanation