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Culantro & Basil Pho Bistro
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score93 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address2626 E Garvey Ave Ste D, West Covina 91791
Is Culantro & Basil Pho Bistro clean?
Culantro & Basil Pho Bistro is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Culantro & Basil Pho Bistro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDSTIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIEDFOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFINGPREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
When was Culantro & Basil Pho Bistro last inspected?
Culantro & Basil Pho Bistro has 3 inspections on record going back to December 11, 2023, averaging 93 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| September 25, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| December 11, 2023 | Grade A | 92 pts |
Culantro & Basil Pho Bistro vs Covina
Covina runs 99% clean across 85 tracked restaurants — 84 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 85 spots Cooked tracks in Covina, this one comes out cleaner than 16% of them.
Other spots in Covina
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.
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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.