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Hmart Deli
- ratingRated Good
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 12, 2026
- address4223 University Way Ne, Seattle 98105
Is Hmart Deli clean?
Hmart Deli is currently Rated Good from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on May 12, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Hmart Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 12, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
- ⚠️2300 - Proper consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foodscritical2300 - Proper consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods
When was Hmart Deli last inspected?
Hmart Deli has 6 inspections on record going back to April 3, 2023, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| June 18, 2025 | Rated Good | 15 pts |
| October 10, 2024 | Rated Good | 10 pts |
| March 15, 2024 | Rated Good | 30 pts |
| April 19, 2023 | Rated Good | 0 pts |
| April 3, 2023 | Rated Good | 73 pts |
Hmart Deli 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 9% 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 May 12, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.