• gradeGrade A
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2025 →
• address3969 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas 89119

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Is Restaurant El Rey clean?

Restaurant El Rey is currently Grade A from Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), from an inspection on October 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Restaurant El Rey?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Handwashing (as required, when required, proper glove use, no bare hand contact of ready to eat foods). Food handler health restrictions as required.critical
• ⚠️Personal cleanliness maintained. Personal effects properly stored.
• ⚠️Physical facility in sound condition and maintained.
• ⚠️Restrooms, custodial areas, and premises maintained.
• ⚠️Signs and certifications as required.
• ⚠️Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties. Effective employee health policy. Mandated certification and food handler card as required.
• ⚠️Nonfood contact surfaces and equipment properly constructed, installed, maintained, and clean.

When was Restaurant El Rey last inspected?

Restaurant El Rey has 8 inspections on record going back to December 7, 2020, averaging 6 points.

Restaurant El Rey vs Las Vegas

Las Vegas runs 99% clean across 12,053 tracked restaurants — 11,118 clean, 124 mid, 28 cooked.

Against the 12,053 spots Cooked tracks in Las Vegas, this one comes out cleaner than 9% 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 October 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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