Kusaki

2535 S Barrington Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064

Passed · Sep 12, 2025 Directions
67
Poor BiteKarma score 67 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 2 of 2 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Sep 12, 2025: passed with 14 violations, 3 critical. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Time as a public health control; procedures and records, cited 2 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • #77 in Los Angeles's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 3 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 2 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Sep 12

    Routine Inspection

    14 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
    • Critical Time as a public health control; procedures and records
    • Critical Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated
    • Minor Food properly stored; food storage containers identified
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: adequate, maintained, properly use, test strips available
    • Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing
    • Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Food safety certification
    • Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
    • Minor Impoundment of unsanitary equipment or food
    • Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
  3. 2024
  4. Passed May 22

    Routine Inspection

    5 violations
    • Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
    • Minor Time as a public health control; procedures and records
    • Minor Adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas, use
    • Minor Food properly stored; food storage containers identified
    • Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible

Nearby

BiteKarma scores around Kusaki, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.

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  5. 90 Subway 0.3 mi