Shanghai On Elm

700 Elm St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Passed · Jul 13, 2026 Directions
73
Fair BiteKarma score 73 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 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Jul 13, 2026: passed with 4 violations, 1 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch, cited 2 times, plus 5 other repeat issues.
  • 10 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jul 13

    Routine Inspection

    4 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food
    • Minor Other Forms of Information
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
  3. 2025
  4. Passed Dec 29

    Routine Inspection

    11 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Using a handwashing sink - Operation and Maintenance
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands - Handwashing Sinks - Hand Drying Provision
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Critical Time/Temperature Controlled Safety Food - Ready-to-eat, TCS - date marking
    • Critical Protection from Contamination - Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils: Clean to Sight and Touch
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces - cleaning frequency
    • Minor Person in Charge Certification in Food Protection FSO
    • Minor Food Choking Standards
    • Minor Linens and napkins - Use Limitation
    • Minor Warewashing equipment: Determining Chemical Sanitizer Concentration
  5. Perfect Oct 8

    Routine Inspection

    No violations

  6. Passed Feb 20

    Routine Inspection

    10 violations, 4 critical
    • Critical Demonstration of Knowledge - Certified Manager
    • Critical Chemical - Working Containers - Common Name
    • Critical Preventing Contamination by Hands
    • Critical Employee Health - Written Procedures for Cleaning Up Vomiting and Diarrheal Events
    • Minor Thawing TCS
    • Minor Food Storage: Preventing Contamination from the Premises
    • Minor In-use utensils - between-use storage
    • Minor Wiping cloths - use limitation
    • Minor Temperature Measuring Device - Functionality
    • Minor Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food

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