Ajisai Japanese Fusion
427 Woodburn Road, Raleigh, NC 27605
Passed re-check · May 28, 2026 Directions
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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 8 of 8 graded inspections since 2023.
- Last inspected May 28, 2026: passed with 6 violations, 2 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized, cited 6 times, plus 9 other repeat issues.
- #71 in Raleigh's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 10 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 8 visits
- 2026
- Passed May 28
Reinspection
6 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Passed May 14
Inspection
11 violations, 6 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
- Critical Proper cooling time and temperatures
- Critical Proper cooking time and temperatures
- Critical PIC present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties
- Critical Food separated and protected
- Critical Hands clean and properly washed
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- 2025
- Passed Apr 17
Inspection
4 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
- Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- 2024
- Passed Dec 3
Inspection
6 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Minor Approved thawing methods used
- Minor Proper cooling methods used, adequate equipment for temperature control
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
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