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Garys Asian Bistro

Sit-down restaurant · Cottonwood Heights, UT

2 inspections

At a glance

CleanCleaver food safety systematic review results

What happened?

14 problems found · 5 marked critical · Routine county inspection · Dec 29, 2025

Is that a lot?

Most sit-down restaurants here got 14 to 49 point violations. Garys Asian Bistro got about the same as most.

Compared with 1,218 Salt Lake County sit-down restaurants. Each restaurant's last routine inspection counts.

What was found out about Garys Asian Bistro?

It's fair to care about this. Here's what the county found. Tap any item to see how a kitchen fixes it.

  1. Marked critical: Eating or drinking in a food area 4.2.18**How to fixFix it
  2. Marked critical: Package Integrity - Specifications for Receiving 4.3.13**How to fixFix it
  3. Marked critical: Cooling Methods 4.3.58**How to fixFix it

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Source: Salt Lake County Health Department

We review Salt Lake County health data to make this report. We are not the Salt Lake County Health Department.

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Clothes, eating and drinking

From Food Code 2-304.11

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Inspections

From Salt Lake County Health Department · 2 inspections on record · Last checked Oct 8, 2026

The county visited once in the last 12 months (1 routine).

Fewer point violations than last time (28 → 25). That takes a team.

Point violations at each routine inspection
Feb 11, 2025: 28Dec 29, 2025: 25282520252025

The county inspects each food place one to three times a year. It does not say when it will come. How often depends on the place's risk level. Level 1: once a year. Level 2: every 9 months. Level 3: twice a year. Level 4: three times a year. A complaint can bring another visit.

Every visit

  1. LatestDec 29, 2025Routine inspection25 points

    This one: 25 points, inspected Dec 29, 2025.

    14 violations listed, 5 marked critical.

    Critical (5)

    • Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department

      Eating or drinking in a food area

      The department's words

      4.2.18** Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco

      Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

      Food Code 2-401.11 · R392-100

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      Clothes, eating and drinking

      • Wear clean outer clothes and a clean apron.
      • Eat, drink, smoke or vape only in a designated area (the break area), away from food and clean dishes.
      • The one exception: you may drink from a closed drink container (a lid and a straw is the easy way) if it is handled so it can't contaminate your hands, the container, food, clean dishes or single-service items. Keep it away from food and prep tables.

      From Food Code 2-304.11

      Nails

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      Hair, jewelry, nails and clothes

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    • Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department

      Package Integrity - Specifications for Receiving

      The department's words

      4.3.13** Package Integrity - Specifications for Receiving

      A severely dented can is stored with useable food products.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

    • Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department

      Cooling Methods

      The department's words

      4.3.58** Cooling Methods

      Potentially hazardous food is being cooled at room temperature.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

    • Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department

      Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning

      The department's words

      4.4.82* Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils-Cleaning

      Interior surfaces of the ventilation hood are unclean.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

    • Marked critical by Salt Lake County Health Department

      Hand sink not ready to use

      The department's words

      4.5.26** Using a Handwashing Sink

      Hand sink in warewash room is being used as a dump sink.

      Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. This one comes first. Here's how a kitchen fixes it.

      Food Code 5-205.11 · R392-100

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      Hand sinks are for hands only

      • Wash only at a handwashing sink.
      • Never wash hands in the dish sink, a food prep sink, a mop sink, or a drink cooler.
      • Never dump drinks, rinse utensils or fill pitchers at the hand sink.

      From Food Code 2-301.15

      Soap and hand sanitizer

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      Handwashing

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    Non-critical (8)

    • Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events

      The department's words

      4.2.22 Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events

      The establishment does not have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events.

    • Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food

      The department's words

      4.3.24 Food Storage Containers - Identified with Common Name of Food

      Food containers (white powders) are not labeled with the common name of the food.

    • Food on the floor or under drips

      The department's words

      4.3.37 Food Storage

      A container of food (bucket of lettuce) is being stored on the floor in the kitchen. Containers of food (chicken) are being stored on the floor in the walk in cooler.

      Cited 2 times

      Food Code 3-305.11 · R392-100

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      Where food may never be stored

      • Keep food at least 6 inches off the floor.
      • Never in restrooms, locker or dressing rooms, garbage rooms, or mechanical rooms (furnace, water heater, electrical).
      • Never under stairs, or under sewer lines, leaking water lines or fire sprinkler lines.

      From Food Code 3-305.11

      Top to bottom

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      Fridge and freezer storage order

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    • Allergen Notification

      The department's words

      4.3.68 (iii) Allergen Notification

      The establishment does not have written notification of the presence of major allergens.

    • Restraining Pressurized Containers

      The department's words

      4.4.49 Restraining Pressurized Containers

      Pressurized cylinders are not secured.

      Corrected during the inspection

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    • Shelves and surfaces need cleaning

      The department's words

      4.4.85 Nonfood-Contact Surfaces-Cleaning

      Fan covers in the walk-in cooler are dirty.

      Food Code 4-602.13 · R392-100

      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

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    • Hood filters need cleaning

      The department's words

      4.6.43 Cleaning Ventilation Systems-Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition

      Ceiling air vents are dusty.

      Food Code 6-501.14 · R392-100

      How can a restaurant or home fix this?

      In CleanCleaver: Hood filters

      Hood filters clean

      In CleanCleaver: Hood filters

      Fix and log it now

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    • Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair

      The department's words

      4.6.5 Floor and Wall Junctures-Coved and Enclosed or Sealed

      Not all floor/wall junctures are coved and sealed.

      Food Code 6-101.11 · R392-100

      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

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  2. EarlierFeb 11, 2025Routine inspection28 points

    14 violations listed, 3 marked critical.

    The data gives the counts only for this inspection. The official record lists each one.

Source: Salt Lake County 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

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    • Eating or drinking in a food area Read the free guide
    • Hand sink not ready to use Read the free guide
    • Food on the floor or under drips Read the free guide
    • Shelves and surfaces need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Check a room top to bottom
    • Hood filters need cleaning In CleanCleaver: Hood filters
    • Floors, walls or ceilings need cleaning or repair In CleanCleaver: Sweep and mop

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About this record

Open the county's Inspection Reports, choose Food Service, and search for the name.

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.

Zero points means the inspector found no problems. Salt Lake County adds points for each problem. Big ones, the kind most likely to make someone sick, add more.

Each violation the inspector finds adds 1, 3 or 6 points, by how likely it is to cause illness. The points add up to the inspection score. The county uses no letter grade.

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Restaurants: plated
Inspection type
Routine inspection
Result
25 points
Source
Salt Lake County Health Department

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Questions about Garys Asian Bistro

When was Garys Asian Bistro last inspected?

The county last inspected Garys Asian Bistro on Dec 29, 2025. It was a routine inspection.

What did the county find at Garys Asian Bistro?

The county listed 14 violations on Dec 29, 2025: Eating or drinking in a food area; Package Integrity - Specifications for Receiving; and Cooling Methods, and 10 more.

How often does Salt Lake County inspect restaurants?

The county inspects each food place one to three times a year. It does not say when it will come. How often depends on the place's risk level. Level 1: once a year. Level 2: every 9 months. Level 3: twice a year. Level 4: three times a year. A complaint can bring another visit.

What does a critical item mean?

Critical items are the ones most likely to make someone sick. On Dec 29, 2025, the county marked 5 as critical.

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