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Sarva
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 23, 2025
- address279 Newbury St, Boston 02116
Is Sarva clean?
Sarva is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on October 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sarva?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges observed at warewashing station. Discard sponges.Sponges Use Limitation (C) • Sponges observed at warewashing station. Discard sponges.
- ⚠️Hot Water and Chemical-Methods (P) • No hot water at 3 compartment sink. 65FcriticalHot Water and Chemical-Methods (P) • No hot water at 3 compartment sink. 65F
- ⚠️Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf) • No hot water at hand sinks: 65F.Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf) • No hot water at hand sinks: 65F.
- ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Hand wash sink at warewashing station inoperable- both faucets do not work. Repair immediately for hand washing at warewashing. Staff using cookline hand sink.criticalSystem Maintained in Good Repair (P) • Hand wash sink at warewashing station inoperable- both faucets do not work. Repair immediately for hand washing at warewashing. Staff using cookline hand sink.
- ⚠️(A) Ceasing Operations and Reporting (Pf) • No hot water for warewashing or hand sinks. Only 65F Provide plumber's report(A) Ceasing Operations and Reporting (Pf) • No hot water for warewashing or hand sinks. Only 65F Provide plumber's report
When was Sarva last inspected?
Sarva has 10 inspections on record going back to September 12, 2024.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | — | |
| October 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| October 22, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| May 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 1, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 20, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| September 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| September 12, 2024 | Fail |
Sarva vs Back Bay
Back Bay runs 81% clean across 519 tracked restaurants — 417 clean, 46 mid, 50 cooked.
Against the 519 spots Cooked tracks in Back Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 October 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.