Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse
1643 N Expressway, Griffin, GA 30223
Passed re-check · Jul 27, 2026 Directions
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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 8 of 10 graded inspections since 2022.
- Last inspected Jul 27, 2026: passed with 3 violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jul 17, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Proper hot holding temperatures, cited 3 times, plus 22 other repeat issues.
- #1 in Griffin's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 7 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 10 visits
- 2026
- Passed Jul 27
Followup
3 violations
- Minor Posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
- Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
- Minor Proper cooling methods used: adequate equipment for temperature control
- Failed Jul 17
Routine
25 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
- Critical Food separated and protected
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Critical Food separated and protected
- Minor Washing fruits and vegetables
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
- Minor Approved thawing methods used
- Minor Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- Minor Food stored covered
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
- Minor Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- Minor Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- Minor Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- Minor Personal cleanliness
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Proper cooling methods used: adequate equipment for temperature control
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
- Passed Jan 12
Routine
13 violations
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- Minor Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- Minor Response procedures for vomiting and diarrheal events
- Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Washing fruits and vegetables
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
- Minor Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
- Minor Adequate handwashing facilities supplied and accessible
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- 2025
- Passed Jul 14
Routine
10 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Time as a public health control: procedures and records
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
- Minor Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Insects, rodents, and animals not present
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
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