Garden Halal Restaurant
96 Blackstone St, Boston, MA 02108
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 Jan 16, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Jan 7, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Controlling pests, cited 3 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.
- #11 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 5 of 11 graded inspections since 2023.
- 17 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 11 visits
- 2026
- Passed Jan 16
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Jan 7
Inspection
19 violations, 12 critical
- Critical Hand drying provision
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Demonstration
- Critical Warewashing equipment determining chemical sanitizer concentration
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Controlling pests
- Critical Food temperature measuring devices
- Critical Prohibiting animals
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Ceasing operations and reporting
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Minor Handwashing signage
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
- Minor Cutting surfaces
- Minor Floors walls and ceilings-cleanability
- Minor Temperature measuring devices-functionality
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- 2025
- Failed Nov 17
Inspection
6 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Food labels
- Critical Food-contact surfaces-cleanability
- Critical Handwashing sinks-location and placement
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
- Passed Mar 26
Reinspection
No violations
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