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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 used4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
- ⚠️4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable4000 - Food and nonfood surfaces properly used and constructed; cleanable
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- ⚠️1710 - Proper hot holding temperatures; less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 degrees Celsius (C))critical1710 - Proper hot holding temperatures; less than 130 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (54 degrees Celsius (C))
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.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 12, 2026 | Rated Good | 39 pts |
| November 13, 2025 | Rated Good | 31 pts |
| May 14, 2025 | Rated Good | 8 pts |
| November 4, 2024 | Rated Good | 3 pts |
| February 5, 2024 | Rated Good | 35 pts |
| September 18, 2023 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
Arth - The Indian Bistro vs Kirkland
Kirkland runs 96% clean across 337 tracked restaurants — 322 clean, 15 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 337 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.
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.