Formosa

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score76 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedDecember 8, 2025
• address7156 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood 90046

Is Formosa clean?

Formosa is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 8, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Formosa?

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

• ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENTcritical
  NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
• ⚠️PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
  PERMIT SUSPENDED, REVOKED, MODIFIED, OR CLOSED FOR NO PERMIT
• ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScritical
  TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
  WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
  PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE

When was Formosa last inspected?

Formosa has 5 inspections on record going back to September 8, 2023, averaging 87 points.

Formosa vs Melrose

Melrose runs 98% clean across 653 tracked restaurants — 637 clean, 13 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 653 spots Cooked tracks in Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Melrose

• B Formosa
  mid · December 8, 2025
• A Magee's Donuts
  clean · February 23, 2024
• A Robert's Russian Cuisine
  clean · February 19, 2025
• A Ramen Melrose
  clean · January 28, 2026
• A Vine Street Deli & Cafe
  clean · October 14, 2025
• A Mensch Bakery
  clean · November 12, 2024

See every restaurant inspection in Melrose →

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 December 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.