68
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 4 of 4 graded inspections since 2023.
- Last inspected Mar 12, 2026: passed with 11 violations, 2 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use, cited 3 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.
- #10 in Santa Monica's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 4 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 4 visits
- 2026
- Passed Mar 12
Routine Inspection
11 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
- Critical Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
- Minor Permits available
- Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned
- Minor Equipment/utensils approved: installed; good repair; capacity
- Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
- Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained; used; test equipment
- Minor Food safety certification
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings properly built, maintained and clean
- Minor Plumbing: fixtures, backflow device, drainage
- 2025
- Passed Apr 29
Owner Requested Reinspection
12 violations
- Minor Premises; personal/cleaning items; vermin-proofing
- Minor Food properly stored; food storage containers identified
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
- Minor Approved thawing methods used, frozen food maintained frozen
- Minor Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Minor Proper eating, drinking, or tobacco use
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
- Minor Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
- Minor Consumer advisory provided for raw or undercooked foods
- Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
- Passed Apr 16
Routine Inspection
15 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
- Minor Consumer advisory provided for raw or undercooked foods
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean and in good repair
- Minor Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained
- Minor Impoundment of unsanitary equipment or food
- Minor Multiple major critical violations /increased risk to public health
- Minor Equipment/utensils - approved; installed; clean; good repair, capacity
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Food properly stored; food storage containers identified
- Minor Warewashing facilities: adequate, maintained, properly use, test strips available
- Minor Permits available
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
- Minor Food safety certification
- 2023
- Passed Dec 14
Routine Inspection
4 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: clean and sanitized
- Minor Permits available
- Minor Equipment, utensils and linens: storage and use
- Minor Floors, walls and ceilings: properly built, maintained in good repair and clean
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Takuma IZAKAYA JAPANESE, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.