Umai Japanese Restaurant

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 10, 2026
• address224 Newbury St, Boston 02116

Is Umai Japanese Restaurant clean?

Umai Japanese Restaurant is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on February 10, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Umai Japanese Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 10, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • TCS foods in reach in unit below the fish display case at 50F: tofu imitation crab stick; per the person in charge over the phone all the foods are removed from the freezer every morning at around 10:00am; staff moved all the TCS foods to other refrigeration units and lowered the temperature dial of the unit below the fish display. Hold cold TCS foods at 41F or below.critical
  (A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P) • TCS foods in reach in unit below the fish display case at 50F: tofu imitation crab stick; per the person in charge over the phone all the foods are removed from the freezer every morning at around 10:00am; staff moved all the TCS foods to other refrigeration units and lowered the temperature dial of the unit below the fish display. Hold cold TCS foods at 41F or below.
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • The surfaces of the microwave and the soup kettle at the host area are corroded and no longer cleanable; repair or replace the microwave and soup kettle.
  Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C) • The surfaces of the microwave and the soup kettle at the host area are corroded and no longer cleanable; repair or replace the microwave and soup kettle.
• ⚠️Handwashing Signage (C) • In the restroom there is no employees must wash hands signage; provide proper handwashing signage in the restroom.
  Handwashing Signage (C) • In the restroom there is no employees must wash hands signage; provide proper handwashing signage in the restroom.
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • There is a hole in the ceiling in the back of house area right after the dish room where the freezers are; repair or replace the ceiling. The door frame to enter the kitchen is damaged and drywall is falling off; repair or replace the drywall at the door frame.
  Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C) • There is a hole in the ceiling in the back of house area right after the dish room where the freezers are; repair or replace the ceiling. The door frame to enter the kitchen is damaged and drywall is falling off; repair or replace the drywall at the door frame.
• ⚠️Provide signage visible to customers stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available upon request"
  Provide signage visible to customers stating "A copy of the most recent health inspection is available upon request"

When was Umai Japanese Restaurant last inspected?

Umai Japanese Restaurant has 87 inspections on record going back to July 25, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Umai Japanese Restaurant 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 February 10, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.