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El Pollo Real #1
- ratingRated Excellent
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 7, 2026
- address12449 E Marginal Way S, Tukwila 98168
Is El Pollo Real #1 clean?
El Pollo Real #1 is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on April 7, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at El Pollo Real #1?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchy4200 - Food-contact surfaces maintained, cleaned, sanitized
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- ⚠️4600 - Toilet facilities properly constructed, supplied, cleaned4600 - Toilet facilities properly constructed, supplied, cleaned
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
When was El Pollo Real #1 last inspected?
El Pollo Real #1 has 7 inspections on record going back to November 3, 2021, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 7, 2026 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
| May 9, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 8 pts |
| September 23, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 26 pts |
| March 8, 2024 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
| February 9, 2023 | Rated Excellent | 10 pts |
| August 10, 2022 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
| November 3, 2021 | Rated Excellent | 20 pts |
El Pollo Real #1 vs Tukwila
Tukwila runs 89% clean across 296 tracked restaurants — 264 clean, 30 mid, 2 cooked.
Against the 296 spots Cooked tracks in Tukwila, this one comes out cleaner than 15% 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 April 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.