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Tiki Rock/Niku Ramen
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
- address131 State St, Boston 02109
Is Tiki Rock/Niku Ramen clean?
Tiki Rock/Niku Ramen is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on January 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Tiki Rock/Niku Ramen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Wrong test strips on site. Provide accurate testing strip for Chlorine sanitizerSanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf) • Wrong test strips on site. Provide accurate testing strip for Chlorine sanitizer
- ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Bar and kitchen low temp dish machine ran machine twice and no sanitizer could be detected on testing strips. Repair machine to properly sanitize dishes 12.23.25 Per PIC they are waiting on Ecolab to repair the dish machine and provide them with test tripcriticalManual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P) • Bar and kitchen low temp dish machine ran machine twice and no sanitizer could be detected on testing strips. Repair machine to properly sanitize dishes 12.23.25 Per PIC they are waiting on Ecolab to repair the dish machine and provide them with test trip
- ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • Prep sinks without proper air gap for backflow prevention. Provide. Use a colander until properly plumbed.Please provide a plumbers report and a permit to do work will need to be pulled so it can be inspected. On compliance visit air gap on prep sink is installed but no final plumbing permit was presented for work done. Provide final plumbing permit for workcriticalBackflow Prevention Device When Required (P) • Prep sinks without proper air gap for backflow prevention. Provide. Use a colander until properly plumbed.Please provide a plumbers report and a permit to do work will need to be pulled so it can be inspected. On compliance visit air gap on prep sink is installed but no final plumbing permit was presented for work done. Provide final plumbing permit for work
When was Tiki Rock/Niku Ramen last inspected?
Tiki Rock/Niku Ramen has 28 inspections on record going back to December 29, 2017. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 23, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 16, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 28, 2023 | Pass | |
| February 2, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 18, 2023 | — | |
| December 2, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 18, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 3, 2022 | — | |
| March 31, 2022 | Pass |
Tiki Rock/Niku Ramen 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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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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.