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Gong Cha
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 28, 2026
- address318 E 2Nd St, Los Angeles 90012
Is Gong Cha clean?
Gong Cha is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on January 28, 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 Gong Cha?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 28, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGEPLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScriticalTIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USEEQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STOREDWIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
When was Gong Cha last inspected?
Gong Cha has 3 inspections on record going back to July 23, 2024, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 28, 2026 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| April 17, 2025 | Grade B | 82 pts |
| July 23, 2024 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Gong Cha vs Little Tokyo
Little Tokyo runs 95% clean across 905 tracked restaurants — 863 clean, 33 mid, 9 cooked.
Against the 905 spots Cooked tracks in Little Tokyo, 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 January 28, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.