Ambar India Restaurant
350 Ludlow Av, Cincinnati, OH 45220
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 12 of 12 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Jun 11, 2026: passed with no violations.
- Keeps coming up: Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking, cited 5 times, plus 12 other repeat issues.
- #20 in Cincinnati's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 30 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 12 visits
- 2026
- Passed Jun 11
Follow-Up Inspection
No violations
- Passed Jun 5
Routine Inspection
20 violations, 7 critical
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Hot Holding
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Cold Holding
- Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Demonstration of Knowledge
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
- Minor Drying Mops
- Minor Food Choking Standards
- Minor Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
- Minor Maintaining premises: unnecessary items and litter.
- Minor Cleaning- Frequency and Restrictions
- Minor Outer Openings - Protected
- Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
- Minor Equipment, Utensils, Linens - Storage
- Minor Using Dressing Rooms and Lockers
- Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
- Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
- Minor Food-Contact Surfaces of Cooking Equipment and Pans and Nonfood-Contact Surfaces Equipment
- Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
- 2025
- Passed Nov 24
Follow-Up Inspection
No violations
- Passed Nov 18
Routine Inspection
8 violations, 5 critical
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Gloves - Use Limitation
- Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Hands and arms - When to Wash
- Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
- Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
- Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Time/Temperature Controlled for Safety Food - Cold Holding
- Minor Manual warewashing: Wash Solution Temperature
- Minor Other Forms of Information
- Minor Single-service articles and Single-use Articles - Use Limitations
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