Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score87 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 7, 2025
• address1636 W Redondo Beach Blvd, Gardena 90247

Is Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant clean?

Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• ⚠️# 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
  # 29. TOXIC SUBSTANCES PROPERLY IDENTIFIED, STORED, USED
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  # 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
  # 41. GARBAGE AND REFUSE PROPERLY DISPOSED; FACILITIES MAINTAINED
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION

When was Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant last inspected?

Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant has 2 inspections on record going back to January 3, 2024, averaging 84 points.

Sea Empress Seafood Restaurant vs City Of Gardena

City Of Gardena runs 93% clean across 331 tracked restaurants — 308 clean, 21 mid, 2 cooked.

Against the 331 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Gardena, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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 April 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.