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Saigon Chicken House
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2026
- address223 Adams St, Dorchester 02122
Is Saigon Chicken House clean?
Saigon Chicken House is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on March 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Saigon Chicken House?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC will need to review with staff general cleaning proper storage of food where to do prep and not to do prep. Also at all time someone need to be incharge of the location.(A)-(P) Person-In-Charge-Duties (Pf) • PIC will need to review with staff general cleaning proper storage of food where to do prep and not to do prep. Also at all time someone need to be incharge of the location.
- ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • PIC will need to provide labels on all small and large bulk food containers.Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C) • PIC will need to provide labels on all small and large bulk food containers.
- ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Discontinue to store tongs in use on oven door handles. and pipes.In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C) • Discontinue to store tongs in use on oven door handles. and pipes.
- ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • PIC will need to provide a sanitizer bucket in kitchen. Wiping cloths all over kitchenWiping Cloths Use Limitation (C) • PIC will need to provide a sanitizer bucket in kitchen. Wiping cloths all over kitchen
- ⚠️Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Discontinue to use a large cutting board on top of a trash can as a prep table. Container of raw pork on drain board of dishwasher. Discontinue. Basement is not set up to do pre of any kind. No hand sinks or prep sinks. All prep in basement will need to stop until ok is give from Health Division and equipment installed.Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C) • Discontinue to use a large cutting board on top of a trash can as a prep table. Container of raw pork on drain board of dishwasher. Discontinue. Basement is not set up to do pre of any kind. No hand sinks or prep sinks. All prep in basement will need to stop until ok is give from Health Division and equipment installed.
- ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to clean... Exterior of bulk food contaoiners. Wire sheves in kitchen and warewashing. Interior and exterior of refrigeration.Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • PIC will need to clean... Exterior of bulk food contaoiners. Wire sheves in kitchen and warewashing. Interior and exterior of refrigeration.
- ⚠️Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean hood filters on cooking line. Hood sticekr good until end of March 2026 please provide date when hood will be cleaned if not done before re-inspection date.Ventilation Hood Systems Filters (C) • PIC will need to clean hood filters on cooking line. Hood sticekr good until end of March 2026 please provide date when hood will be cleaned if not done before re-inspection date.
- ⚠️Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Dishwasher rinsed at 75ppm but PIC had to hold the button to get dishwasher to work. Please have repaired.Good Repair and Proper Adjustment-Equipment (C) • Dishwasher rinsed at 75ppm but PIC had to hold the button to get dishwasher to work. Please have repaired.
- ⚠️Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting boards hanging on wall with deep dark stains and scores will need to be replaced.Cutting Surfaces (C) • Cutting boards hanging on wall with deep dark stains and scores will need to be replaced.
- ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean walls and ceiling in kitchen and warewashing.Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C) • Clean walls and ceiling in kitchen and warewashing.
- ⚠️Provide a anti choking certificate and post.Provide a anti choking certificate and post.
When was Saigon Chicken House last inspected?
Saigon Chicken House has 51 inspections on record going back to February 23, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2026 | Pass | |
| March 11, 2026 | Fail | |
| November 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 6, 2025 | Fail | |
| August 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| July 29, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 21, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 7, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 31, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2024 | Pass |
Saigon Chicken House vs Dorchester
Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.
Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, 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 March 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.