The most popular fast food in Belfast - and how the rest of the UK compares

There are around 60,000 takeaways across the country to choose from, according to official Food Standards Agency data.

So if you want to give the kitchen a swerve tonight and are looking for some inspiration, we’ve crunched the numbers to exclusively reveal the most popular takeaways in Belfast and around the UK.

What’s the UK’s favourite takeaway?

The most popular takeaway across the UK is Subway, which came out on top with over 1,100 branches.

That was followed by Domino’s with nearly 1,000 branches.

If you want to know what people in different areas of the country are chowing down on you can explore our interactive map.

What’s the most popular takeaway in Belfast?

Our analysis only includes businesses classed as a takeaway or sandwich shop on the Food Standards Agency database.

The database is updated by local authority environmental health teams, who often class some well-known eateries – including McDonalds and Greggs – as retailers or restaurants rather than takeaways.

Our ranking is based on the number of branches in Belfast – it isn’t taste tested, so you’ll need to be the judge of that when you order in today.

The top 31 takeaways in Belfast are:

Subway

Four Star Pizza

KFC

Domino's Pizza

Raffos

Brothers

Centra

Kaffe O

Golden Bowl

Pizza Pro

Bao Bun

Clementine

Beatties

Max Pizza

Elements

Chick'n Lick'n

Bamboo

KEBAB HOUSE

The Pizza Cabin

Love Pizza

Turkish Kebab & Pizza House

McDonalds

JOHN DORY'S

Chef King

John Dory's Traditional Fish & Chips

The Chip Company

Burger King

Kanto

Turkish Kebab and Pizza House

Istanbul Kebab

Kings

Our analysis only includes businesses classed as a takeaway or sandwich shop on the Food Standards Agency database.

The database is updated by local authority environmental health teams, who often class some well-known eateries – including McDonalds and Greggs – as retailers or restaurants rather than takeaways.

Our ranking is based on the number of branches in Belfast – it isn’t taste tested, so you’ll need to be the judge of that when you order in today.

The top 31 takeaways in Belfast are:

- Subway

- Four Star Pizza

- KFC

- Domino's Pizza

- Raffos

- Brothers

- Centra

- Kaffe O

-Golden Bowl

- Pizza Pro

- Bao Bun

- Clementine

- Beatties

- Max Pizza

- Elements

- Chick'n Lick'n

- Bamboo

- KEBAB HOUSE

- The Pizza Cabin

- Love Pizza

- Turkish Kebab & Pizza House

- McDonalds

- JOHN DORY'S

- Chef King

- John Dory's Traditional Fish & Chips

- The Chip Company

- Burger King

- Kanto

- Turkish Kebab and Pizza House

- Istanbul Kebab

- Kings