• gradeGrade B
• inspection score85 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 20, 2026 →
• address9315 Venice Blvd, Culver City 90232

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Is Emerald Thai Cuisine clean?

Emerald Thai Cuisine is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 20, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Emerald Thai Cuisine?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• ⚠️WAREWASHING FACILITIES: INSTALLED, MAINTAINED; USED; TEST EQUIPMENT
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
• ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION

When was Emerald Thai Cuisine last inspected?

Emerald Thai Cuisine has 3 inspections on record going back to February 28, 2024, averaging 91 points.

Emerald Thai Cuisine vs Palms

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Against the 264 spots Cooked tracks in Palms, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 May 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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