Waba Grill

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score93 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMarch 7, 2025
• address2234 S Central Ave, Compton 90220

Is Waba Grill clean?

Waba Grill is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Waba Grill?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 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
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• 🛠️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

When was Waba Grill last inspected?

Waba Grill has 2 inspections on record going back to April 27, 2024, averaging 95 points.

Waba Grill vs West Rancho Dominguez

West Rancho Dominguez runs 98% clean across 95 tracked restaurants — 93 clean, 2 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 95 spots Cooked tracks in West Rancho Dominguez, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 March 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.