Lucky Boston Chinese Rest
3096 Washington St, Boston, MA 02119
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 Oct 8, 2025: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Sep 8, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
- Keeps coming up: Person-in-charge-duties, cited 4 times, plus 20 other repeat issues.
- #5 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- Passed 6 of 15 graded inspections since 2023.
- 12 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 15 visits
- 2025
- Passed Oct 8
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Sep 8
Inspection
15 violations, 6 critical
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Handwashing cleanser availability
- Critical Handwashing sinks installation
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
- Minor Wiping cloths air drying location
- Minor Cutting surfaces
- Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
- Minor Removing dead or trapped birds insects rodents and other pest
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
- Passed Feb 28
Reinspection
No violations
- Failed Feb 21
Inspection
17 violations, 6 critical
- Critical Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
- Critical Person-in-charge-duties
- Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
- Critical Conformance with approved procedures
- Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
- Minor Drying mops
- Minor Ventilation hood systems filters
- Minor Packaged and unpackaged food-separation packaging and segregation
- Minor Food storage-preventing contamination from the premises
- Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
- Minor Food storage containers identified with common name of food
- Minor In-use utensils between-use storage
- Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
- Minor Maintaining premises unnecessary items and litter
- Minor Cleaning frequency and restrictions
- Minor Effectiveness-hair restraints
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Lucky Boston Chinese Rest, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.