Cooked?Benihana
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 1, 2025 →
- address8801 Apollo Way, Downey 90242
Is Benihana clean?
Benihana is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 1, 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 Benihana?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ⚠️# 21A. HOT WATER AVAILABLEcritical
- 🧊food not cooled down right# 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
When was Benihana last inspected?
Benihana has 2 inspections on record going back to April 26, 2024, averaging 91 points.
May 1, 2025 A
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View full inspection →April 26, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Benihana vs City Of Bellflower
City Of Bellflower runs 95% clean across 434 tracked restaurants — 412 clean, 21 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 434 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Bellflower, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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.
Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →
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 May 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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