Cooked?Azuma Japanese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 9, 2026 →
- address16123 S Western Ave, Gardena 90247
Is Azuma Japanese Restaurant clean?
Azuma Japanese Restaurant is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 9, 2026. 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 Azuma Japanese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 9, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD PROPERLY LABELED & HONESTLY PRESENTED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
When was Azuma Japanese Restaurant last inspected?
Azuma Japanese Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2024, averaging 92 points.
April 9, 2026 A
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View full inspection →May 2, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Azuma Japanese Restaurant vs City Of Gardena
City Of Gardena runs 93% clean across 331 tracked restaurants — 308 clean, 21 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 331 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Gardena, this one comes out cleaner than 7% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 9, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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