Chinese Dragon

380 Chelsea St, Boston, MA 02128

Failed · Apr 24, 2026 Directions
47
Poor BiteKarma score 47 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

  • Keeps coming up: Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance, cited 7 times, plus 14 other repeat issues.
  • #30 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • Passed 8 of 18 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Apr 24, 2026: failed with 1 violation.
  • 22 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 18 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Failed Apr 24

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Food preparation
  3. Failed Apr 21

    Inspection

    24 violations, 13 critical
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Critical Common name-working containers
    • Critical Assignment
    • Critical Cooling methods
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Restricted use pesticides criteria
    • Critical Controlling pests
    • Critical Characteristics-single-service and single-use
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Critical When to wash
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Cooling methods
    • Minor Food preparation
    • Minor Handwashing signage
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
  4. Passed Jan 27

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Failed Jan 13

    Inspection

    6 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
    • Critical Where to wash
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Minor Cleaning frequency and restrictions
    • Minor Surface characteristics-indoor areas

Nearby

BiteKarma scores around Chinese Dragon, 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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