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Hong Kong Dim Sum House South El Monte
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score94 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 24, 2026
- address9505 Garvey Ave Unit A, South El Monte 91733
Is Hong Kong Dim Sum House South El Monte clean?
Hong Kong Dim Sum House South El Monte is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 24, 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 Hong Kong Dim Sum House South El Monte?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEANNON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScriticalPROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITYEQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
When was Hong Kong Dim Sum House South El Monte last inspected?
Hong Kong Dim Sum House South El Monte has 3 inspections on record going back to December 4, 2023, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2026 | Grade A | 94 pts |
| October 26, 2024 | Grade A | 93 pts |
| December 4, 2023 | Grade B | 84 pts |
Hong Kong Dim Sum House South El Monte vs El Monte
El Monte runs 88% clean across 204 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 204 spots Cooked tracks in El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 March 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.