Serafina Back Bay

237 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

Passed re-check · Oct 14, 2025 Directions
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Poor BiteKarma score 64 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

  • Passed 4 of 8 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Oct 14, 2025: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Oct 7, 2025. That was over a year ago, so things may have changed.
  • Keeps coming up: Cooling methods, cited 2 times, plus 3 other repeat issues.
  • 2 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2025
  2. Passed Oct 14

    Reinspection

    No violations

  3. Failed Oct 7

    Inspection

    4 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Cooling methods
    • Critical Equipment food-contact surfaces nonfood-contact surfaces and utensils
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces
  4. 2024
  5. Passed Oct 18

    Reinspection

    No violations

  6. Failed Oct 11

    Inspection

    6 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Common name-working containers
    • Critical Ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food date marking
    • Critical Shellstock maintaining identification
    • Minor System maintained in good repair
    • Minor Repairing-premises structures attachments and fixtures-methods
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces

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