Alem Restaurant

4423 Rainier Ave S · 98118 · General Food Services

Passing — no major issuesScore 10 of 100

Most recent inspection July 7, 2026 — 99 days ago. Up 5 points from the previous inspection. On average this location is inspected about every 162 days.

Inspection types on record: Routine Inspection/Field Review (10), Return Inspection (1).

Why this grade is A

A grades go to establishments scoring 90 or above — inspectors found no major food-safety problems. The inspection score was 10 out of 100.

No itemized violations were published for the most recent inspection, so the score is the only detail on file.

Inspection summary

Alem Restaurant has 11 health inspections on record with Seattle, with scores ranging from 0 to 40. The latest inspection on July 7, 2026 recorded 0 itemized violations. The average current score among 60 other establishments in ZIP 98118 is 10, so this location scores the same as its neighborhood average.

Inspection history

July 7, 2026
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 10
September 2, 2025
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 5
March 19, 2025
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 0
July 5, 2024
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 5
February 13, 2024
Return Inspection
A · 0
February 8, 2024
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 40
October 23, 2023
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 5
May 8, 2023
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 15
November 1, 2022
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 0
April 19, 2022
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 10
January 27, 2022
Routine Inspection/Field Review
A · 15

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Source: Seattle Metro open data. Grades shown as “derived” are calculated from the published score when the record has no official letter grade.