Golden Pho Carson

• gradeGrade C
• inspection score73 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 19, 2025
• address1818 E Carson St, Carson 90745

Is Golden Pho Carson clean?

Golden Pho Carson is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 19, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Golden Pho Carson?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 19, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
  # 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical
  # 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚻bathroom issues
  # 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
  # 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
• ⚠️# 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
  # 48. PLAN REVIEW REQUIRED FOR NEW OR REMODEL CONSTRUCTION
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
  # 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED

When was Golden Pho Carson last inspected?

Golden Pho Carson has 3 inspections on record going back to October 25, 2023, averaging 87 points.

Golden Pho Carson vs City Of Carson

City Of Carson runs 98% clean across 188 tracked restaurants — 185 clean, 2 mid, 1 cooked.

Against the 188 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Carson, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 September 19, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.