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Basil - Viet Kitchen
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
- address4002 University Way Ne, Seattle 98105
Is Basil - Viet Kitchen clean?
Basil - Viet Kitchen is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on January 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Basil - Viet Kitchen?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ☠️toxic items stored near food3300 - Potential food contamination prevented during delivery, preparation, storage, display
- ⚠️3000 - Proper thawing methods used3000 - Proper thawing methods used
When was Basil - Viet Kitchen last inspected?
Basil - Viet Kitchen has 8 inspections on record going back to November 17, 2021, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2026 | Rated Good | 8 pts |
| December 19, 2025 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| May 22, 2025 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| November 15, 2024 | Rated Good | 5 pts |
| March 28, 2024 | Rated Good | 25 pts |
| November 29, 2023 | Rated Good | 40 pts |
| July 20, 2023 | Rated Good | 20 pts |
| November 17, 2021 | Rated Good | 30 pts |
Basil - Viet Kitchen vs University District
University District runs 88% clean across 326 tracked restaurants — 286 clean, 39 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 326 spots Cooked tracks in University District, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 January 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.