Hong Kong Banjum

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score97 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJune 24, 2025
• address735 E 12Th St Ste 405, Los Angeles 90021

Is Hong Kong Banjum clean?

Hong Kong Banjum is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on June 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Hong Kong Banjum?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  # 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
  # 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY

When was Hong Kong Banjum last inspected?

Hong Kong Banjum has 2 inspections on record going back to September 20, 2023, averaging 97 points.

Hong Kong Banjum 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 70% 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 June 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.