Jen Lai Noodle And Rice Co.

• resultFail
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 26, 2026
• address1 Faneuil Hall Mkt Pl Pl, Boston 02109

Is Jen Lai Noodle And Rice Co. clean?

Jen Lai Noodle And Rice Co. is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 26, 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 Jen Lai Noodle And Rice Co.?

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

• ⚠️Ice Used as Exterior Coolant Prohibited as Ingredient (P) • Noted containers in the consumable ice.Discontinue and retrain staff. COS by the PICcritical
  Ice Used as Exterior Coolant Prohibited as Ingredient (P) • Noted containers in the consumable ice.Discontinue and retrain staff. COS by the PIC
• ⚠️Controlling Pests (Pf) • Noted several droppings under the 3 bay sink and under the front counter.Clean daily and provide pest report
  Controlling Pests (Pf) • Noted several droppings under the 3 bay sink and under the front counter.Clean daily and provide pest report
• ⚠️Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted heavy grease build up behind the equipment. Clean daily
  Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (C) • Noted heavy grease build up behind the equipment. Clean daily
• ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Noted all filters in both the hoods extremly filled with heavy grease.Clean on a daily basis Noted both the hoods with heavy grease built up and dripping with grease on the sides.Clean daily Noted grease dripping from the access panels above the menu board.Repair
  Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Noted all filters in both the hoods extremly filled with heavy grease.Clean on a daily basis Noted both the hoods with heavy grease built up and dripping with grease on the sides.Clean daily Noted grease dripping from the access panels above the menu board.Repair

When was Jen Lai Noodle And Rice Co. last inspected?

Jen Lai Noodle And Rice Co. has 124 inspections on record going back to April 1, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Jen Lai Noodle And Rice Co. vs North End

North End runs 88% clean across 717 tracked restaurants — 579 clean, 37 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 717 spots Cooked tracks in North End, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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.