At a glance
CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results
What happened?
94/ 100 · 6 points taken off
3 problems found · Routine health department inspection · Aug 22, 2025
Is that a lot?
Most food places here got 1 to 4 points taken off. Hong Kong Express got more than most.
Compared with 992 Pasadena food places. Each place's last routine inspection counts.
What was found out about Hong Kong Express?
It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.
- Food in poor condition K013How to fixFix it
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning K033How to fixFix it
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair K045How to fixFix it
Source: City of Pasadena Public Health Department
We review Pasadena health data to make this report. We are not the City of Pasadena Public Health Department.
Visit them directly at cityofpasadena.net (opens the department's site) · How we review
For Hong Kong Express' team
Is this your place?
Welcome, Hong Kong Express. We'll walk through this together, one item at a time. To log the fixes, claim Hong Kong Express first; we check that you run it.
Your whole team can help. Each person gets one next step, and everyone can see what's done.
This is my place: claim Hong Kong ExpressWe'll help you get every item done. You don't have to do it alone.
We know an inspection can feel heavy, especially when it's busy.
Fix it together
Follow the steps for each item, with the rule beside it.
Next: Food in poor conditionThe health department found: “Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated”
First step: Reject it if you see
Then the next one: Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
Log it
Your team logs the fix on their phones, with the time and who did it.
Show what you did
Saying what you fixed, in your own words, builds trust. Families and regulars respect a kitchen that owns it and fixes it.
Each fix step comes from the rule it names: Food Code 6-501.111.
Try it yourself
Fix and log it: Food in poor condition
A practice run. Nothing is saved. Tap each step when it's done.
0 of 3 done
Reject it if you see
From Food Code 6-501.111
Logged
That's one done. We'll be here for the next.
What people see now
Today, people see the department's words and nothing from you.
What people see after you fix and log it
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We fixed this the same day. Now our team logs it on their phones at open and close.
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What people see next
Under each item here, people see what you fixed, in your words.
Left alone, or fixed together
Left alone, the same items can come back at the next inspection. Fixed together, they're done.
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Inspections
From City of Pasadena Public Health Department · 1 inspection on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026
The health department lists no visits in the last 12 months.
The City's Environmental Health Division inspects each permanent food facility on its own schedule. A routine score of 85 to 100 is a Pass, 75 to 84 a Conditional Pass.
Every visit
LatestAug 22, 2025Routine inspection94 out of 100
This one: 94 out of 100, inspected Aug 22, 2025.
3 violations listed.
Violations (3)
The department's words
K013 Food in good condition, safe and unadulterated
4 pointsMarked complied on Aug 22, 2025
Food Code 3-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
Reject it if you see
- Frozen food with big ice crystals, frozen liquid in the bottom, or water stains (thawed and refrozen)
- A time-temperature indicator showing it got too warm, even if the food looks fine
- Cans that are swollen, leaking, rusty, deeply dented at the seams, or missing labels
From Food Code 6-501.111
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Are you Hong Kong Express? Fix it
Shelves and surfaces need cleaning
The department's words
K033 Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
1 point
Food Code 4-602.13
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Shelves, handles and outsides of equipment clean
In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
Are you Hong Kong Express? Fix it
Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair
The department's words
K045 Floors, walls and ceilings: built and maintained
1 point
Food Code 6-101.11
How can a restaurant or home fix this?
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Floors, walls and ceilings clean and in repair
In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Are you Hong Kong Express? Fix it
Source: City of Pasadena Public Health Department. This is the department's data, not CleanCleaver's. See the department's full record (opens the department's site)
What you can do
As a customer of Hong Kong Express, you can:
Learn how these get fixed
Free, step-by-step guides for each item.
- Food in poor condition Read the free guide
- Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
- Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop
Let Hong Kong Express know
Ask for the manager. Hong Kong Express can only fix what it knows about.
The department lists no phone for this place.
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When regulars speak up kindly and kitchens fix things, the whole neighborhood eats well. Now you know what the inspector found, and what you can do about it.
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Address thisAbout this record
Open the City's Health Inspection Search, choose Restaurant/Market, and search for the name. Inspections before December 2025 are on its second page.
Most people don't know what a normal result looks like for a place that's open every day. The ranges use each place's last routine inspection in this area. No other county is mixed in.
100 means the inspector found no problems. Pasadena takes points off for each problem. Big ones take off more.
Each inspection starts at 100 points and points come off for each violation. 85 to 100 is a Pass, 75 to 84 a Conditional Pass, and below 75 a permit suspension hearing is scheduled. Closed means the permit was suspended. The City uses no letter grade. Its guide is from 2014: confirm the numbers with the department.
- Listed as
- Restaurant/Market
- Inspection type
- Routine inspection
- Result
- 94 out of 100
- Source
- City of Pasadena Public Health Department
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Information on this page may be out of date. Check the original source to confirm.