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Saya Thai
- ratingRated Okay
- inspection score23 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJanuary 13, 2026
- address8455 S 212Th St, Kent 98031
Is Saya Thai clean?
Saya Thai is currently Rated Okay from Public Health — Seattle & King County, from an inspection on January 13, 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 Saya Thai?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️3700 - In-use utensils properly stored3700 - In-use utensils properly stored
- 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical2110 - Proper cold holding temperatures; greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit (F) (7 degrees Celsius (C))
- ⚠️2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedurescritical2600 - Compliance with valid permit; operating and risk control plans, and required written procedures
When was Saya Thai last inspected?
Saya Thai has 6 inspections on record going back to July 12, 2021, averaging 22 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 13, 2026 | Rated Okay | 23 pts |
| November 19, 2025 | Rated Okay | 53 pts |
| April 16, 2024 | Rated Okay | 15 pts |
| March 29, 2023 | Rated Okay | 28 pts |
| September 27, 2022 | Rated Okay | 10 pts |
| July 12, 2021 | Rated Okay | 0 pts |
Saya Thai vs Kent
Kent runs 78% clean across 360 tracked restaurants — 281 clean, 74 mid, 5 cooked.
Against the 360 spots Cooked tracks in Kent, this one comes out cleaner than 14% of them.
Other spots in Kent
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 January 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.