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Hotel Aka Back Bay-Hotel
- resultFail
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address154 Berkeley St, Boston 02116
Is Hotel Aka Back Bay-Hotel clean?
Hotel Aka Back Bay-Hotel is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Hotel Aka Back Bay-Hotel?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Washing Fruits and Vegetables (Pf) • Vegetable wash generator with no test kit available. Provide. Also the vegetable wash dispenser is located at the rinse bay of the warewashing area and needs to be relocated to the designated two bay prep sink in rear of kicthen with indirect waste drain.Washing Fruits and Vegetables (Pf) • Vegetable wash generator with no test kit available. Provide. Also the vegetable wash dispenser is located at the rinse bay of the warewashing area and needs to be relocated to the designated two bay prep sink in rear of kicthen with indirect waste drain.
- ⚠️Warewashing Machines Manufacturers’ Operating Instructions (C) • High temperature dish machine is down at the time of inspection eco lab is currently on site making repairs Eco Lab rep states unsure of when unit will be fully repaired. Will verify upon re inspection. In the meantime there is alternative means to sanitize equipment at the three bay sink using quats sanitizer @ 200PPM. low temp Bar glass washer also available @ 50PPM.Warewashing Machines Manufacturers’ Operating Instructions (C) • High temperature dish machine is down at the time of inspection eco lab is currently on site making repairs Eco Lab rep states unsure of when unit will be fully repaired. Will verify upon re inspection. In the meantime there is alternative means to sanitize equipment at the three bay sink using quats sanitizer @ 200PPM. low temp Bar glass washer also available @ 50PPM.
- ⚠️Anti-Choking • No choke save certificate available on staff at the time of inspection. Provide. 590.011 Anti-choking Procedures in Food Service Establishments. (1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D restaurants with a certain seating capacity are required to have one or more employees trained in a manual choke-saving procedure in accordance with 105 CMR 605.000: Approved Choke-saving Procedures. (2) Each food service establishment with a seating capacity that conforms with M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D shall: (a) Have on its premises while food is being served an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department to remove food lodged in a person's throat; and (b) Make adequate provision for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistance.Anti-Choking • No choke save certificate available on staff at the time of inspection. Provide. 590.011 Anti-choking Procedures in Food Service Establishments. (1) Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D restaurants with a certain seating capacity are required to have one or more employees trained in a manual choke-saving procedure in accordance with 105 CMR 605.000: Approved Choke-saving Procedures. (2) Each food service establishment with a seating capacity that conforms with M.G.L. c. 94 § 305D shall: (a) Have on its premises while food is being served an employee trained in manual procedures approved by the Department to remove food lodged in a person's throat; and (b) Make adequate provision for insurance to cover employees trained in rendering such assistance.
When was Hotel Aka Back Bay-Hotel last inspected?
Hotel Aka Back Bay-Hotel has 14 inspections on record going back to August 25, 2022. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2026 | — | |
| April 21, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 11, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 14, 2024 | Pass | |
| August 2, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 19, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 12, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 28, 2023 | Fail | |
| January 18, 2023 | — |
Hotel Aka Back Bay-Hotel vs Bay Village
Bay Village runs 88% clean across 350 tracked restaurants — 292 clean, 16 mid, 22 cooked.
Against the 350 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Village, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.