Cooked?Hmart Deli
mid
A raised eyebrow.
The current published rating reads mid. Read the dated record before deciding.
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score43 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 16, 2026 →
- address951 Nw Ballard Way, Seattle 98107
Is Hmart Deli clean?
Hmart Deli is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on October 16, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Hmart Deli?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping cloths3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
- ⚠️3000 - Proper thawing methods used
- ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
- 🔥hot food not kept hot enoughcritical1900 - No room temperature storage; proper use of time as a control, procedures available
When was Hmart Deli last inspected?
Hmart Deli has 3 inspections on record going back to July 1, 2025, averaging 24 points.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
October 16, 2026 Okay
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View full inspection →November 19, 2025 Okay
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View full inspection →July 1, 2025 Okay
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View full inspection →Hmart Deli vs Ballard
Ballard runs 93% clean across 356 tracked restaurants — 331 clean, 24 mid, 1 cooked.
Against the 356 spots Cooked tracks in Ballard, 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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: Public Health — Seattle & King County via King County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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