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Holiday Inn Express
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score92 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address125 Pacific Coast Hwy, Hermosa Beach 90254
Is Holiday Inn Express clean?
Holiday Inn Express is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 21, 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 Holiday Inn Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEANFLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcriticalFOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USEADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLEADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was Holiday Inn Express last inspected?
Holiday Inn Express has 3 inspections on record going back to October 2, 2023, averaging 95 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| July 23, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| October 2, 2023 | Grade A | 97 pts |
Holiday Inn Express vs City Of Hermosa Beach
City Of Hermosa Beach runs 97% clean across 214 tracked restaurants — 208 clean, 5 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 214 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Hermosa Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 26% of them.
Other spots in City Of Hermosa Beach
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 April 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.