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Lao Kitchen
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 21, 2026
- address3655 S Durango Dr 25- 26, Las Vegas 89147
Is Lao Kitchen clean?
Lao Kitchen is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on May 21, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lao Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Food wholesomecriticalFood wholesome
- ⚠️TCS food at proper temperatures.criticalTCS food at proper temperatures.
When was Lao Kitchen last inspected?
Lao Kitchen has 10 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2021, averaging 11 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2026 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| July 22, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| November 18, 2024 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| February 16, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| January 23, 2024 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| May 18, 2023 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| January 26, 2022 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| May 5, 2021 | Grade A | 3 pts |
| April 9, 2021 | Grade C | 16 pts |
| March 16, 2021 | Grade B | 20 pts |
Lao Kitchen vs Las Vegas
Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,050 tracked restaurants — 11,124 clean, 107 mid, 31 cooked.
Against the 12,050 spots Cooked tracks in Las Vegas, this one comes out cleaner than 1% of them.
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How Las Vegas grades restaurants
The Southern Nevada Health District grades on demerits, and here more is worse: roughly 0–10 demerits earns an A, 11–20 a B, and 21 or more a C. Serious problems can skip the ladder entirely — an imminent health hazard gets the permit suspended and the kitchen shut on the spot, which shows up as a closure rather than a letter. SNHD covers all of Clark County, so Henderson, North Las Vegas and the unincorporated Strip all run the same scheme. Cooked reads A as clean, B as mid, C or a closure as cooked.
Source: Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) via SNHD Restaurant Inspections. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated May 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.