Ramen Yamadaya

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score90 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2026 →
• address137 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles 90012

Is Ramen Yamadaya clean?

Ramen Yamadaya is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 17, 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 Ramen Yamadaya?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDScritical
• ⚠️WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
• ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
• ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
• ⚠️ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• ⚠️PLUMBING: FIXTURES, BACKFLOW DEVICE, DRAINAGE

When was Ramen Yamadaya last inspected?

Ramen Yamadaya has 3 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2023, averaging 91 points.

Ramen Yamadaya vs Little Tokyo

Little Tokyo runs 95% clean across 905 tracked restaurants — 863 clean, 33 mid, 9 cooked.

Against the 905 spots Cooked tracks in Little Tokyo, 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.

Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →

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 March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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