Genwa Korean Bbq

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 8, 2026
• address450 W Olympic Blvd # B&C, Los Angeles 90015

Is Genwa Korean Bbq clean?

Genwa Korean Bbq is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 8, 2026. 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 Genwa Korean Bbq?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
  TOILET FACILITIES: PROPERLY CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED, CLEANED
• ⚠️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
• ⚠️HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USEcritical
  HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; PROPER GLOVE USE

When was Genwa Korean Bbq last inspected?

Genwa Korean Bbq has 3 inspections on record going back to January 5, 2024, averaging 94 points.

Genwa Korean Bbq vs Pico-Union

Pico-Union runs 97% clean across 426 tracked restaurants — 413 clean, 13 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 426 spots Cooked tracks in Pico-Union, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 January 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.