# ThaiData UK (remote · thaidata.uk)

UK Thai restaurant data from FSA inspections: hygiene ratings, city stats, postcode search.

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-04

## Components

- remote · `thaidata.uk`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-thaidata-mcp/thaidata.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-thaidata-mcp/thaidata)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://thaidata.uk/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `2.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-04.

- **Endpoint Security**: 57/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 10 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 650 tokens (~65/item across 10 items; 10 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 17/100
  - Stability observed for 5 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 10 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the ThaiData UK MCP server?

ThaiData UK is a hosted endpoint at https://thaidata.uk/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http uk-thaidata-mcp 'https://thaidata.uk/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-thaidata-mcp": {
      "url": "https://thaidata.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "uk-thaidata-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thaidata.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.uk-thaidata-mcp]
url = "https://thaidata.uk/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "uk-thaidata-mcp": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://thaidata.uk/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add uk-thaidata-mcp --url 'https://thaidata.uk/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  uk-thaidata-mcp:
    url: "https://thaidata.uk/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "uk-thaidata-mcp": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://thaidata.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add uk-thaidata-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://thaidata.uk/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uk-thaidata-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://thaidata.uk/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-03 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 10 to 13. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 3 days of observed history at the previous scan, 4 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-31 (score 63, 0)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-30 (score 63)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (10)

### `get_city_stats` (~76 tokens)

Get detailed Thai restaurant statistics for any UK city. Returns restaurant count, hygiene rating, density per 100k population, dine-in vs takeaway breakdown, and market size classification.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): UK city name (e.g. 'Leeds', 'Manchester', 'London', 'Edinburgh', 'Bristol')

### `search_restaurants` (~122 tokens)

Search individual Thai restaurants by city, type, or minimum hygiene rating. Returns named restaurants with address, postcode, rating, and inspection date. Perfect for finding top-rated Thai restaurants in any UK city.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string, required): UK city name to search in
- `limit` (number): Maximum results to return (default: 10, max: 50)
- `min_rating` (number): Minimum hygiene rating (1-5). E.g. 4 returns only 4+ star rated.
- `type` (string): Filter by business type

### `find_nearby` (~152 tokens)

Find Thai restaurants near a UK postcode. Geocodes the postcode, calculates driving distances, and returns the best-rated restaurants within your radius. Perfect for 'find Thai near me' queries.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Max results (default: 10, max: 25)
- `min_rating` (number): Minimum hygiene rating 1-5 (optional)
- `postcode` (string, required): UK postcode to search near (e.g. 'LS1 4AG', 'SW1A 1AA', 'M1 1AE')
- `radius` (number): Search radius in miles (default: 3, max: 25)
- `type` (string): Filter by type

### `get_uk_overview` (~36 tokens)

Get overall UK Thai restaurant market statistics: total businesses, market size, growth rate, average hygiene, and national wage data.

### `compare_cities` (~43 tokens)

Compare Thai restaurant statistics between two UK cities side by side.

Input parameters:

- `city1` (string, required): First city name
- `city2` (string, required): Second city name

### `rank_cities` (~68 tokens)

Rank UK cities by Thai restaurant count, hygiene rating, or density per 100k. Returns top N cities with full stats.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (number): Number of cities to return (default: 10, max: 50)
- `metric` (string, required): Metric to rank by

### `get_opening_costs` (~36 tokens)

Get estimated cost breakdown for opening a Thai restaurant in the UK: lease, refurbishment, equipment, licenses, and working capital.

### `get_delivery_rates` (~38 tokens)

Get current delivery platform commission rates for Uber Eats (30%), Deliveroo (32%), and Just Eat (14%). Includes typical menu markups.

### `get_visa_info` (~39 tokens)

Get Skilled Worker visa costs and requirements for hiring Thai chefs. Includes minimum salary (£38,700), processing times, and first-year cost estimates.

### `get_market_health` (~40 tokens)

Get a comprehensive market health assessment: competition levels by city, cost pressures (wages, NI, ingredients), growth opportunities, and key risks for operators.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-thaidata-mcp/thaidata#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-04: 65
- 2026-11-03: 65
- 2026-11-02: 64
- 2026-11-01: 64
- 2026-10-31: 63
- 2026-10-30: 63

## Common questions

### What is the ThaiData UK MCP server?

ThaiData UK is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as uk.thaidata/mcp. UK Thai restaurant data from FSA inspections: hygiene ratings, city stats, postcode search. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://thaidata.uk/mcp).

### Is the ThaiData UK MCP server safe to use?

ThaiData UK scores 65 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the ThaiData UK MCP server expose?

ThaiData UK exposes 10 tools: get_city_stats, search_restaurants, find_nearby, get_uk_overview, compare_cities, and 5 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 650 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the ThaiData UK MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to ThaiData UK without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the ThaiData UK MCP server still maintained?

ThaiData UK is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 4 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://thaidata.uk/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/swifttiger888-commits/thaidata
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-thaidata-mcp/thaidata.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-thaidata-mcp/thaidata.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/uk-thaidata-mcp/thaidata