Waikikie Pollos

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score94 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedApril 29, 2025
• address10116 E Garvey Ave, South El Monte 91733

Is Waikikie Pollos clean?

Waikikie Pollos is currently Grade A from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 29, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Waikikie Pollos?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  # 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  # 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
  # 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE

When was Waikikie Pollos last inspected?

Waikikie Pollos has 2 inspections on record going back to May 14, 2024, averaging 95 points.

Waikikie Pollos vs El Monte

El Monte runs 88% clean across 204 tracked restaurants — 179 clean, 22 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 204 spots Cooked tracks in El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 39% 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 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.