Mama Lu's Dumpling House

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score83 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedDecember 11, 2025
• address153 E Garvey Ave, Monterey Park 91755

Is Mama Lu's Dumpling House clean?

Mama Lu's Dumpling House is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on December 11, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Mama Lu's Dumpling House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 11, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
  FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
  IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
  EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
  FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️PLAN REVIEW
  PLAN REVIEW
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
  EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
  ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
  PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
• ⚠️DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
  DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• ⚠️HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
  HOT AND COLD WATER AVAILABLE
• ⚠️ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
  ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES; SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
  NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN

When was Mama Lu's Dumpling House last inspected?

Mama Lu's Dumpling House has 4 inspections on record going back to April 22, 2024, averaging 84 points.

Mama Lu's Dumpling House vs City Of Monterey Park

City Of Monterey Park runs 85% clean across 249 tracked restaurants — 212 clean, 32 mid, 5 cooked.

Against the 249 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Monterey Park, 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 December 11, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.