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Temptation Cafe/Shisha Cafe Lounge
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score90 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedAugust 13, 2025
- address18000 Ventura Blvd # 23, Encino 91316
Is Temptation Cafe/Shisha Cafe Lounge clean?
Temptation Cafe/Shisha Cafe Lounge is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on August 13, 2025. 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 Temptation Cafe/Shisha Cafe Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD# 50. IMPOUNDMENT OF UNSANITARY EQUIPMENT OR FOOD
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps offcritical# 07. PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- ⚠️# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE# 34. WAREWASHING FACILITIES: ADEQUATE, MAINTAINED, PROPERLY USE, TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🏷️food improperly labeled# 37. ADEQUATE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING; DESIGNATED AREAS, USE
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
When was Temptation Cafe/Shisha Cafe Lounge last inspected?
Temptation Cafe/Shisha Cafe Lounge has 5 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2023, averaging 90 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 13, 2025 | Grade A | 90 pts |
| March 27, 2025 | Grade A | 92 pts |
| May 14, 2024 | Grade A | 95 pts |
| April 17, 2024 | Grade B | 84 pts |
| December 12, 2023 | Grade A | 90 pts |
Temptation Cafe/Shisha Cafe Lounge vs Encino
Encino runs 100% clean across 215 tracked restaurants — 214 clean, 1 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 215 spots Cooked tracks in Encino, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 August 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.