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Al-Wadi Restaurant
- resultFail
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 29, 2026
- address1249 Vfw Pw, West Roxbury 02132
Is Al-Wadi Restaurant clean?
Al-Wadi Restaurant is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 29, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Al-Wadi Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Soiled wiping cloths observed being left out oin counter tops. Discontinue and provide a proper sanitizing solution.Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Soiled wiping cloths observed being left out oin counter tops. Discontinue and provide a proper sanitizing solution.
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Drainage tube from walk-in cooler and ice machine emptying into the preparation sink. Discontinue and relocate drainage tubes to prevent any tyipe of contamination.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Drainage tube from walk-in cooler and ice machine emptying into the preparation sink. Discontinue and relocate drainage tubes to prevent any tyipe of contamination.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Ice/frost build-up observed on the back of the compressor of the walk-in freezer. Defrost and clean to remove. Unit was functioning properly at the time of the visit.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Ice/frost build-up observed on the back of the compressor of the walk-in freezer. Defrost and clean to remove. Unit was functioning properly at the time of the visit.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Corner of the ice machine appears to be leaking. Address and make any necessary repairs.System Maintained in Good Repair (C) • Corner of the ice machine appears to be leaking. Address and make any necessary repairs.
- ⚠️Rodent Bait Stations (P) • What appears to be open blocks of poison behind the cookingline. Discontinue and ensure all poison is stored in tamper proof bait station.criticalRodent Bait Stations (P) • What appears to be open blocks of poison behind the cookingline. Discontinue and ensure all poison is stored in tamper proof bait station.
When was Al-Wadi Restaurant last inspected?
Al-Wadi Restaurant has 61 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2025 | — | |
| October 22, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| December 1, 2023 | Pass | |
| November 22, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| August 10, 2022 | Pass | |
| August 3, 2022 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2022 | — |
Al-Wadi Restaurant vs West Roxbury
West Roxbury runs 85% clean across 201 tracked restaurants — 163 clean, 13 mid, 16 cooked.
Against the 201 spots Cooked tracks in West Roxbury, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.