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Prael Thai Restaurant
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score82 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 8, 2025
- address4620 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles 90029
Is Prael Thai Restaurant clean?
Prael Thai Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on September 8, 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 Prael Thai Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSEDcritical# 22. SEWAGE AND WASTEWATER PROPERLY DISPOSED
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- ⚠️# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE# 47. PERMITS AVAILABLE
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
When was Prael Thai Restaurant last inspected?
Prael Thai Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to September 8, 2025, averaging 82 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2025 | Grade B | 82 pts |
Prael Thai Restaurant vs Little Armenia
Little Armenia runs 97% clean across 289 tracked restaurants — 279 clean, 9 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 289 spots Cooked tracks in Little Armenia, 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.
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 8, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.