Bavel

500 Mateo St, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Passed re-check · Oct 20, 2025 Directions
73
Fair BiteKarma score 73 out of 100
How the BiteKarma score works

Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.

At a glance

  • Passed 3 of 3 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Oct 20, 2025: passed with 4 violations. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use, cited 2 times.
  • 4 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 3 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Oct 20

    Owner Requested Reinspection

    4 violations
    • Minor Plumbing: fixtures, backflow device, drainage
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
    • Minor Food storage; food storage containers identified
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
  3. Passed Oct 8

    Routine Inspection

    11 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Critical Proper hot and cold holding temperatures
    • Critical Time as a public health control; procedures and records
    • Critical Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Impoundment/voluntary condemn and dispose (VC&D)/sampling
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities; supplied and accessible
    • Minor Food safety certification
    • Minor Hot and cold water available
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained; used; test equipment
    • Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Aug 13

    Routine Inspection

    4 violations
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Plumbing: plumbing in good repair, proper backflow devices
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity

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