Five Spices House

58 Beach St, Boston, MA 02111

Passed re-check · Nov 12, 2025 Directions
69
Poor BiteKarma score 69 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

  • Last inspected Nov 12, 2025: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Nov 4, 2025.
  • Keeps coming up: Controlling pests, cited 2 times, plus 10 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 6 of 13 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 4 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 13 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Nov 12

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Nov 4

    Inspection

    8 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Minor System maintained in good repair
    • Minor Handwashing signage
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
    • Minor Storage-other personal care items
    • Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
  4. Passed Oct 27

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. 2024
  6. Failed Dec 22

    Inspection

    7 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical System maintained in good repair
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Discarding or reconditioning unsafe adulterated or contaminated food
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
    • Minor Surface characteristics-indoor areas
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods

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