Marination Ma Kai

• ratingRated Excellent
• inspection score8 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 21, 2026 →
• address1660 Harbor Ave Sw, Seattle 98126

Is Marination Ma Kai clean?

Marination Ma Kai is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on January 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Marination Ma Kai?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍴utensils stored sketchy
  4200 - Food-contact surfaces maintained, cleaned, sanitized
• ⚠️3700 - In-use utensils properly stored

When was Marination Ma Kai last inspected?

Marination Ma Kai has 5 inspections on record going back to October 12, 2021, averaging 2 points.

Marination Ma Kai vs Downtown

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Against the 1,737 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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 January 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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