Cooked?Kai Ramen Santa Monica
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 5, 2025 →
- address729 Montana Ave, Santa Monica 90403
Is Kai Ramen Santa Monica clean?
Kai Ramen Santa Monica is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on November 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Kai Ramen Santa Monica?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD IN GOOD CONDITION, SAFE AND UNADULTERATEDcritical
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
When was Kai Ramen Santa Monica last inspected?
Kai Ramen Santa Monica has 3 inspections on record going back to April 16, 2024, averaging 82 points.
November 5, 2025 B
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View full inspection →October 22, 2025 C
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View full inspection →April 16, 2024 A
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View full inspection →Kai Ramen Santa Monica vs City Of Santa Monica
City Of Santa Monica runs 95% clean across 628 tracked restaurants — 598 clean, 25 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 628 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Santa Monica, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 November 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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