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Poke Bay
- ratingRated Excellent
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedDecember 17, 2025
- address4215 University Way Ne, Seattle 98105
Is Poke Bay clean?
Poke Bay is currently Rated Excellent from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on December 17, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Poke Bay?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ☠️toxic items stored near food3300 - Potential food contamination prevented during delivery, preparation, storage, display
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- 🧻grimy wiping cloths3400 - Wiping cloths properly used, stored; sanitizer concentration
When was Poke Bay last inspected?
Poke Bay has 4 inspections on record going back to March 11, 2025, averaging 41 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 17, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 15 pts |
| December 3, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 65 pts |
| November 18, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 65 pts |
| March 11, 2025 | Rated Excellent | 20 pts |
Poke Bay 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 14% 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 December 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.