Ruka Restobar Nikkei

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 6, 2025
• address505 Washington St, Boston 02111

Is Ruka Restobar Nikkei clean?

Ruka Restobar Nikkei is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on June 6, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ruka Restobar Nikkei?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 6, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️When to Wash (P) • Noted staff not washing hands before making sushi at the station.Retrain staff to wash hands before preparing foodcritical
  When to Wash (P) • Noted staff not washing hands before making sushi at the station.Retrain staff to wash hands before preparing food
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Noted in use scoops for bulk food stored in the container in contact with the food.Discontinue-Use a clean santized pan or stored in the product with handle facing up and not in contact with food
  In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Noted in use scoops for bulk food stored in the container in contact with the food.Discontinue-Use a clean santized pan or stored in the product with handle facing up and not in contact with food
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Noted soiled wiping cloth stored on the cutting board at the sushi station and prep area in the kitchen. Discontinue and store in a sanitizer
  Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • Noted soiled wiping cloth stored on the cutting board at the sushi station and prep area in the kitchen. Discontinue and store in a sanitizer
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Food stored on the floor in the dry storage and refrigerator. Remove and store all products above 6 inches from the floor
  Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) • Food stored on the floor in the dry storage and refrigerator. Remove and store all products above 6 inches from the floor
• ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Noted hand sink at the dessert station with no barrier next to the ice cream chest. Provide a barrier to prevent contamination
  Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Noted hand sink at the dessert station with no barrier next to the ice cream chest. Provide a barrier to prevent contamination
• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Noted tofu stored at the cookline refrigeration at 48F stored 20 min ago. Removed COS by the PIC and moved to refrigeration unit to chill it below 41Fcritical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • Noted tofu stored at the cookline refrigeration at 48F stored 20 min ago. Removed COS by the PIC and moved to refrigeration unit to chill it below 41F
• ⚠️Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Noted staff rinsing the wiping cloth in the hand sink at the sushi station.Discontinue
  Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf) • Noted staff rinsing the wiping cloth in the hand sink at the sushi station.Discontinue
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Noted condenstation drain pipe draining in the hand sink at the dessert station. Removecritical
  System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Noted condenstation drain pipe draining in the hand sink at the dessert station. Remove

When was Ruka Restobar Nikkei last inspected?

Ruka Restobar Nikkei has 23 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Ruka Restobar Nikkei vs Downtown

Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.

Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 11% of them.

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• ✕ Sea To You Sushi @ Bank Of America
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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 6, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.