Legal Sea Foods

300 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116

Passed re-check · Jan 20, 2026 Directions
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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 Jan 20, 2026: passed with no violations.
  • Keeps coming up: Shellstock maintaining identification, cited 2 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.
  • Passed 4 of 13 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 3 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 13 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jan 20

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. 2025
  4. Passed Sep 19

    Reinspection

    No violations

  5. Failed Aug 15

    Inspection

    1 violation
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition
  6. Failed Aug 8

    Inspection

    3 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Warewashing machines temperature measuring devices
    • Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
    • Minor Cleaning ventilation systems nuisance and discharge prohibition

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