Royal Sonesta/ Hoyt's

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 3, 2025
• address71 E Wacker Dr, Chicago 60601

Is Royal Sonesta/ Hoyt's clean?

Royal Sonesta/ Hoyt's is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 3, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Royal Sonesta/ Hoyt's?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate • 2-101.11: OBSERVED NO PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED. MUST HAVE A PERSON ON SITE WITH AN ORIGINAL CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE POSTED ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-012. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: OBSERVED NO LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK NEXT TO THREE COMPARTMENT IN 6TH FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA ON 6TH FLOOR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN EQUIPMENT ON SHELF NEXT TO THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN SAID AREA.
  Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • 3-307.11: OBSERVED NO LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK NEXT TO THREE COMPARTMENT IN 6TH FLOOR DISHWASHING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL LEFT AND RIGHT SPLASH GUARDS ON HANDWASHING SINK IN DISHWASHING AREA ON 6TH FLOOR TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF CLEAN EQUIPMENT ON SHELF NEXT TO THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN SAID AREA.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-101.19: OBSERVED CONTAINERS STORED ON FLOOR IN FIRST FLOOR STORAGE ROOM NEAR STAIRWELL AND OBSERVED BOXES STORED ON FLOOR OF BASEMENT WALK IN LIQUOR COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SHELVING TO ELEVATE ALL FOOD AND NON FOOD ITEMS AT LEAST SIX INCHES OFF OF FLOOR FOR EASE OF CLEANABILITY.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • 5-205.15: OBSERVED LEAKING FROM HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE ON FIRST FLOOR FROM LEFT SIDE BASE AND UNDERNEATH RINSE SINK NEXT TO HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE ON FIRST FLOOR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ALL LEAKS IN SAID AREA AND MAINTAIN.
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19: OBSERVED DOOR FOR ALL GENDER WASHROOM ON FIRST FLOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON ALL GENDER WASHROOM DOOR ON FIRST FLOOR SO THAT WASHROOM DOOR IS SELF CLOSING AND TIGHT FITTING.
  Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • 6-501.19: OBSERVED DOOR FOR ALL GENDER WASHROOM ON FIRST FLOOR NOT SELF CLOSING. INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL SELF CLOSING DEVICE ON ALL GENDER WASHROOM DOOR ON FIRST FLOOR SO THAT WASHROOM DOOR IS SELF CLOSING AND TIGHT FITTING.

When was Royal Sonesta/ Hoyt's last inspected?

Royal Sonesta/ Hoyt's has 8 inspections on record going back to May 17, 2021.

Royal Sonesta/ Hoyt's vs Loop

Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.

Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 50% of them.

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How Chicago grades restaurants

Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.