GAO Vietnamese Kitchen

1031 Dorchester Av, Boston, MA 02125

Failed · Oct 28, 2026 Directions
66
Poor BiteKarma score 66 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: Controlling pests, cited 5 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 4 of 18 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Oct 28, 2026: failed with 1 violation.
  • 16 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 18 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Failed Oct 28

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Ventilation hood systems adequacy
  3. Failed Oct 21

    Inspection

    7 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Cooling methods
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Ventilation hood systems adequacy
  4. Failed Feb 6

    Inspection

    12 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Cooling
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment chemical sanitization-temperature pH concentration and hardness
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
    • Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
    • Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
    • Minor Surface characteristics-indoor areas
    • Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
    • L1
  5. 2025
  6. Passed Dec 30

    Reinspection

    No violations

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