Cooked?
Seoul
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 8, 2026
- address156 Cambridge St, Boston 02114
Is Seoul clean?
Seoul is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on May 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Seoul?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Using Drain Plugs (C) • All Drain plug loose on 3 bay sink.RepairUsing Drain Plugs (C) • All Drain plug loose on 3 bay sink.Repair
- ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair all loose tiles in the back prep area/utility sink area.Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • Repair all loose tiles in the back prep area/utility sink area.
When was Seoul last inspected?
Seoul has 36 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 15, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 27, 2026 | Fail | |
| February 20, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 5, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 5, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 31, 2024 | — | |
| September 20, 2024 | — | |
| September 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 21, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2024 | Fail |
Seoul vs Beacon Hill
Beacon Hill runs 85% clean across 149 tracked restaurants — 123 clean, 10 mid, 11 cooked.
Against the 149 spots Cooked tracks in Beacon Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 15% of them.
Other spots in Beacon Hill
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 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.