Mizu Matcha

217 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

Passed re-check · Jun 5, 2026 Directions
56
Poor BiteKarma score 56 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 Jun 5, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on May 29, 2026.
  • Keeps coming up: Cleaning agents and sanitizers availability, cited 3 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.
  • #98 in Boston's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • Passed 4 of 11 graded inspections since 2023.
  • 11 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 11 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jun 5

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed May 29

    Inspection

    12 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Food temperature measuring devices
    • Critical Time/temperature control for safety food hot and cold holding
    • Critical When to wash
    • Critical Person-in-charge-duties
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Minor Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Temperature measuring devices-functionality
    • Minor System maintained in good repair
    • Minor Outer openings protected
    • L1
  4. 2025
  5. Failed Aug 12

    Inspection

    2 violations
    • Minor System maintained in good repair
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
  6. Failed Jun 27

    Inspection

    6 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Sanitizing solutions testing devices
    • Critical Using a handwashing sink-operation and maintenance
    • Critical Hand drying provision
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Wiping cloths use limitation
    • Minor In-use utensils between-use storage

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