Arth - The Indian Bistro

• ratingRated Good
• inspection score39 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 12, 2026 →
• address238 Central Way, Kirkland 98033

Is Arth - The Indian Bistro clean?

Arth - The Indian Bistro is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 12, 2026. 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 Arth - The Indian Bistro?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
• ⚠️4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable
• ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
• ⚠️1710 - Proper hot holding temperatures; less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 degrees Celsius (C))critical

When was Arth - The Indian Bistro last inspected?

Arth - The Indian Bistro has 6 inspections on record going back to September 18, 2023, averaging 21 points.

Arth - The Indian Bistro vs Kirkland

Kirkland runs 96% clean across 342 tracked restaurants — 327 clean, 15 mid, 0 cooked.

Against the 342 spots Cooked tracks in Kirkland, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 February 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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