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Ma La Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 21, 2026
- address129 Brighton Av, Allston 02134
Is Ma La Restaurant clean?
Ma La Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ma La Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on counters. Store properly in sanitizer solutionWiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Wiping cloths stored wet on counters. Store properly in sanitizer solution
- ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Some bulk food unit without proper fitting lids. Provide.Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Some bulk food unit without proper fitting lids. Provide.
- ⚠️Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several prepared food items without date-marking. Provide.Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf) • Several prepared food items without date-marking. Provide.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting board heavily scored. Resurface or replace.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting board heavily scored. Resurface or replace.
- ⚠️Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Exterior of some refrigerating unit soiled. Clean properly.Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) • Exterior of some refrigerating unit soiled. Clean properly.
- ⚠️Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood vent with grease build up. Clean properly to remove.Cleaning Ventilation Systems Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition (C) • Hood vent with grease build up. Clean properly to remove.
When was Ma La Restaurant last inspected?
Ma La Restaurant has 39 inspections on record going back to May 12, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| October 2, 2025 | — | |
| September 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| June 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 29, 2024 | — | |
| August 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| July 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 3, 2024 | — | |
| May 12, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 5, 2023 | Fail |
Ma La Restaurant vs Allston
Allston runs 88% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 415 clean, 35 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Allston, this one comes out cleaner than 12% 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 May 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.