Cooked?Samra Cafe
mid
A raised eyebrow.
The current published rating reads mid. Read the dated record before deciding.
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score39 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 15, 2026 →
- address8323 Rainier Ave S, B, Seattle 98118
Is Samra Cafe clean?
Samra Cafe is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on October 15, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Samra Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted4800 - Physical facilities properly installed, maintained, cleaned; unnecessary persons excluded from establishment
- ⚠️3200 - Insects, rodents, animals not present; entrance controlled
- ⚠️5000 - Posting of permit; mobile establishment name easily visible
- ⚠️3100 - Food properly labeled; proper date marking
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
- ❓food from an unapproved sourcecritical0600 - Adequate handwashing facilities
- ⚠️0100 - PIC present, demonstrates knowledge and performs duties to maintain AMC; certified manager on staff unless exemptcritical
When was Samra Cafe last inspected?
Samra Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to December 12, 2025, averaging 32 points.
Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record
October 15, 2026 Okay
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View full inspection →December 12, 2025 Okay
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View full inspection →Samra Cafe vs Rainier Valley
Rainier Valley runs 80% clean across 244 tracked restaurants — 195 clean, 45 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 244 spots Cooked tracks in Rainier Valley, this one comes out cleaner than 3% 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 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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