Noodle Cafe

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score84 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 29, 2025
• address441 W Garvey Ave, Monterey Park 91754

Is Noodle Cafe clean?

Noodle Cafe is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 29, 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 Noodle Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
  # 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
• ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
  # 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
  # 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  # 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
  # 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  # 05. HANDS CLEAN AND PROPERLY WASHED; GLOVES USED PROPERLY
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES

When was Noodle Cafe last inspected?

Noodle Cafe has 4 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2024, averaging 89 points.

Noodle Cafe 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 9% 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 September 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.