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El Rey Peruvian Restaurant Seattle
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 17, 2026
- address8515 14Th Ave S, Seattle 98108
Is El Rey Peruvian Restaurant Seattle clean?
El Rey Peruvian Restaurant Seattle is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on February 17, 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 El Rey Peruvian Restaurant Seattle?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used4900 - Adequate ventilation; lighting; designated areas used
- ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
When was El Rey Peruvian Restaurant Seattle last inspected?
El Rey Peruvian Restaurant Seattle has 3 inspections on record going back to September 16, 2024, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 17, 2026 | Rated Good | 12 pts |
| March 11, 2025 | Rated Good | 20 pts |
| September 16, 2024 | Rated Good | 23 pts |
El Rey Peruvian Restaurant Seattle vs White Center
White Center runs 84% clean across 233 tracked restaurants — 196 clean, 34 mid, 3 cooked.
Against the 233 spots Cooked tracks in White Center, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.