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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 10 of 10 graded inspections since 2023.
- Last inspected Oct 20, 2026: passed with 8 violations, 4 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Food separated and protected, cited 8 times, plus 14 other repeat issues.
- #57 in Raleigh's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 16 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 10 visits
- 2026
- Passed Oct 20
Inspection
8 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
- Critical Proper date marking and disposition
- Critical Food separated and protected
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
- Minor In-use utensils: properly stored
- Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
- Passed May 5
Inspection
6 violations, 4 critical
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Critical Handwashing sinks supplied and accessible
- Critical Food separated and protected
- Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Minor Single-use and single-service articles: properly stored and used
- 2025
- Passed Oct 21
Inspection
5 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Food separated and protected
- Critical Proper date marking and disposition
- Minor Single-use and single-service articles: properly stored and used
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
- Minor Wiping cloths: properly used and stored
- Passed Jun 12
Inspection
4 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
- Critical Food separated and protected
- Critical Proper date marking and disposition
- Minor Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display
Nearby
BiteKarma scores around Golden China Restaurant, which is the dark pin. Zoom in to see the dots' scores, and tap a pin marked + to see everything at that address.