Hot Pot Buffet

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 26, 2026
• address70 Beach St, Boston 02111

Is Hot Pot Buffet clean?

Hot Pot Buffet is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hot Pot Buffet?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • The posted certified food managers & allergen awareness certificates have expired. Provide current certifications from a full time employee.
  (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • The posted certified food managers & allergen awareness certificates have expired. Provide current certifications from a full time employee.
• ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters at the cook line observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
  Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • Hood filters at the cook line observed with soils.Clean to remove soils.
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior white panel of the ice machine to remove soils.
  (A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf) • Clean the interior white panel of the ice machine to remove soils.
• ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the cook line equipment o remove built up soils & grease Clean the cook line exhaust fan to remove grease buildup. Clean the wall vents at the 2nd floor service location to remove dust buildup Clean the exteriors of the reach in refrigeration units to remove soils.
  Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Clean the cook line equipment o remove built up soils & grease Clean the cook line exhaust fan to remove grease buildup. Clean the wall vents at the 2nd floor service location to remove dust buildup Clean the exteriors of the reach in refrigeration units to remove soils.
• ⚠️Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the prep sink.critical
  Backflow Prevention (P) • Provide an air gap at the prep sink.
• ⚠️Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors under/around all kitchen equipment to remove grease & soils. Clean the 2nd floor service area floor to remove soils/debris.
  Cleaning Floors Dustless Methods (C) • Clean the floors under/around all kitchen equipment to remove grease & soils. Clean the 2nd floor service area floor to remove soils/debris.
• ⚠️Provide a current choke safe certificate from a full time employee
  Provide a current choke safe certificate from a full time employee

When was Hot Pot Buffet last inspected?

Hot Pot Buffet has 51 inspections on record going back to March 19, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Hot Pot Buffet vs Leather District

Leather District runs 86% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 149 clean, 11 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in Leather District, this one comes out cleaner than 14% 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 June 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.