Vienna Restaurant Cited For 10 Violations During Inspection

Ever wonder how clear your local restaurants are? Fairfax County restaurants regularly undergo health inspections, with the frequency depending on the type of food served and how it is prepared. While violations like malfunctioning refrigerators and food that's not warm or cold enough often pop up, health inspectors sometimes find more critical violations.

"In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations," notes the Virginia Department of Health.

Here are full results for the latest inspections around Vienna and Oakton, including restaurants that passed with no violations. Of note, Shin Se Kai had nine violations. Six of these violations were corrected during the inspection. Click on the violations to see each restaurant's results. Full reports are usually available five to seven days after the inspection on the health department's website.

Violations

Lotus Garden: 224 Maple Avenue West, Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: March 22

violations: The exterior surfaces of the deep fryers and pother cooking equipment had accumulations of crusted grease and debris, opening to the exterior of the building is present along the base of the back door to the kitchen, bases of the walls in the kitchen and storage areas are in good disrepair or damaged, surfaces of the shelving and walls inside the walk-in cooler are in need of cleaning

Oakton Chesapeake Cafe: 2952-D Chain Bridge Road, Oakton, VA 22124, last inspection: March 22

violations: food being held for more than the specified time/temperature allowed: tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, a variety of cream, cheeses, water cooler was stored in the hand sink at the serving station, concentration of the chlorine sanitizer solution in wet towel container was measured at over 400 ppm (all corrected), food that is commercially processed is not used or discarded within 24 hours of when the original container was opened and is not observed to be date marked: a variety of cream cheeses, chicken salad, egg salad, tuna salad, handsink at the back work area was being used to wash small utensils such as knives and spatulas

Shin Se Kai: 234 Maple Avenue East, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: March 26

violations: The existing sneeze guard is removed from this facility leading the food contact surfaces (all the bowls, containers) to exposed to environmental contamination, methods used for cooling were not adequate to facilitate proper cooling: The cooked bulk (thick portion) steak was cooked and portioned in tight plastic and place it on the room temperature during cooling, food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: Pork, Tofu, Ground Chicken (45F, 44F, 44F) in Avantaco 2-DR UC #4, Hash brown (62F) in Avantaco 1-DR Prep #1, and Cooked Kimchi (47F) in Walk-in, food that is prepared on site is not used or discarded within 24 hours of preparation and was not observed to be date marked: Half Boiled Egg, Cooked Pork, Cooked Chicken, person in charge is not able to provide written procedures for the use of time as a public health control with the following potentially hazardous food item(s): Sliced Chicken, Cooked Ground Chicken, Sliced Pork, and noodles at the prep line, hand soap was not provided at each handwashing sink, paper towels were not provided at each handwashing sink (all corrected), food is packaged using a cook-chill process, but the food establishment has not implemented a HACCP plan: Chicken in ziplock bag, no consumer advisory for the following food item(s) that may be served raw and/or undercooked: Sushi items, Half Boiled egg, and poke items, raw and/or undercooked foods are provided on the menu or brochure without proper disclosure: Raw Sushi, Poke, Half Boiled Egg

Sweet Ginger: 120-B Branch Road SE, Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: March 27

violations: Food stored on the floor and/or food stored less than 6 inches off the floor inside the walk-in refrigerator and walk-in freezer (corrected), inadequate lighting was provided above 3-compartment sink warewashing area, floor around the hot water heater, mop sink, and under the deep fryer is in need of cleaning

Tom Yum Thai: 226 Maple Ave W, Vienna, VA 22180, last inspection: March 26

violations: Encrusted grease deposits and/or other soil deposits were observed on the food contact surfaces of the following cooking equipment: Stove, fryers, side surfaces, nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment in the kitchen were observed soiled with an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and/or other debris, floor under equipment such as the 3-compartment sink, storage shelving, under the dish washing machine, under cooking equipment, refrigerators, prep tables and throughout the kitchen physical structure in the is in need of cleaning

No Violations

Grove: 2673C Avenir Place, VIENNA, VA 22180, last inspection: March 25

violations: none

Sunflower Vegetarian Restaurant: 2531 Chain Bridge Rd, Vienna, VA 22181, last inspection: March 22

violations: none