Araya's Place
mid
A raised eyebrow.
The current published rating reads mid. Read the dated record before deciding.
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score0 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 7, 2026 →
- address5240 University Way Ne, #A, Seattle 98105
Is Araya's Place clean?
Araya's Place is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on October 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Araya's Place?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on October 7, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Araya's Place last inspected?
Araya's Place has 9 inspections on record going back to June 14, 2021, averaging 19 points.
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October 7, 2026 Okay
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View full inspection →August 19, 2025 Okay
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View full inspection →March 26, 2025 Okay
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View full inspection →July 25, 2024 Okay
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View full inspection →July 8, 2024 Okay
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View full inspection →April 13, 2023 Okay
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View full inspection →March 28, 2023 Okay
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View full inspection →April 14, 2022 Okay
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View full inspection →June 14, 2021 Okay
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View full inspection →Araya's Place vs University District
University District runs 87% clean across 331 tracked restaurants — 287 clean, 41 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 331 spots Cooked tracks in University District, this one comes out cleaner than 47% of them.
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How Seattle grades restaurants
Public Health — Seattle & King County posts a word, not a letter: Excellent, Good, Okay, or Needs To Improve. The rating is deliberately not a snapshot — it averages the establishment’s recent routine inspections, so one bad day does not sink a consistently clean kitchen and one good day does not rescue a bad one. Inspectors score violations in red points for things that directly cause foodborne illness and blue points for everything else; around 45 red points triggers a mandatory re-inspection. Newly opened or recently changed spots can show as Not Rated until enough inspections accumulate.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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