Gaju Gimbap

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 8, 2025
• address833 S Western Ave Unit 39, Los Angeles 90005

Is Gaju Gimbap clean?

Gaju Gimbap is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on July 8, 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 Gaju Gimbap?

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

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Gaju Gimbap last inspected?

Gaju Gimbap has 4 inspections on record going back to November 1, 2023, averaging 94 points.

Gaju Gimbap vs Koreatown

Koreatown runs 95% clean across 329 tracked restaurants — 314 clean, 14 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 329 spots Cooked tracks in Koreatown, 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.

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