To check a Riverside County restaurant, open the county’s Facility Records Portal and search by facility name, address, city, or ZIP code. Match the physical location, open its dated inspection reports, and read any later downgrade, closure, or reinspection record before judging current status.
At a glance
- Score: a percentage score out of 100 with a blue, green or red letter grade card.
- Grades: A 90–100 is the only passing grade; B 80–89 and C 79 or below are downgrades (DEH inspection process). Ordinance 492 requires a reinspection within 5 working days, and the facility must earn an A.
- Most serious violations: major violations, which DEH defines as an imminent health hazard that needs immediate correction.
- Checked: Riverside County DEH pages and Ordinance 492 checked October 21, 2026.
Restaurant Inspection Check tool · rules checked October 21–23, 2026
Inspection score reader
Pick the program that inspected the restaurant, then enter what the report or door sign shows. The reader explains it on that agency's own scale and tells you what usually happens next.
Riverside County Department of Environmental Health’s Facility Records Portal also accepts a date range, record type, and APN. For a restaurant, begin with a distinctive name plus city or address, then use the record filters to separate inspection reports from unrelated environmental-health documents.
Search the Riverside County facility record
- Copy the restaurant’s street address, city, and ZIP code.
- Open the county Facility Records Portal and search a distinctive part of the facility name.
- Narrow the result with city, ZIP, or address. Match the physical location before opening records.
- Use the record-type and date-range filters to locate inspection reports rather than unrelated environmental-health documents.
- Read the newest inspection together with any downgrade, closure, or reinspection record.
A chain name can return several Riverside County locations. Treat the address as the primary match and keep any displayed facility identifier with the report. Do not combine records from two branches or attach a former operator’s inspection to a new business solely because the address is the same.
Read Riverside County grades using the county scale
| Grade | County meaning | What to check next |
|---|---|---|
| A: 90–100 | The county identifies A as the only passing grade and as compliance with minimum health standards. | Confirm the inspection date and read the report; an A is still a dated result. |
| B: 80–89 | A downgrade indicating the facility did not meet minimum health standards. | Open the violations and subsequent reinspection record. |
| C: 79 or below | A downgrade indicating significant non-compliance. | Check correction, closure information if any, and the later reinspection result. |
The county says facilities receiving B or C must correct all violations and undergo reinspection, typically within a week, and must achieve A to be considered in compliance. Keep the downgrade and later visit in chronological order; the later grade does not erase what the earlier report observed.
Riverside County also requires the current grade card to be displayed where the public can see it, generally near the entrance or front register. If the posted card and online history appear inconsistent, compare inspection dates and ask the county rather than guessing which one is current.
Distinguish a major violation from a point total
The county describes a major violation as a condition presenting an imminent health hazard that requires immediate corrective action and may include closure. Its examples include unsafe food temperatures, contaminated food, inadequate handwashing, vermin, no running water, sewage problems, and food-contact surfaces that are not properly cleaned and sanitized.
Read the report’s actual violation text and disposition. Do not infer that every low score involved the same hazards, or that a list of corrected items proves all later conditions.
Use the county’s inspection and closure pages together
| Official source | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Riverside County Facility Records Portal | Search by facility identity and open inspection records. |
| Food Facility Inspection Process | Confirm the A/B/C thresholds, downgrade and reinspection rules, major-violation examples, and closure context. |
The county process page also links separate downgrade and closure views. If the inspection report suggests closure or a downgrade, check the corresponding county record and any later reopening or reinspection entry before describing current status.
If the portal returns no exact match
- Search the street address without the business name.
- Shorten the facility name and remove punctuation.
- Check a former business name or legal operator if ownership changed.
- Expand the date range and confirm that the record type includes inspection reports.
- Use the county contact or public-records route if the facility should be covered but the report remains absent.
A blank query documents only that search. It does not prove that the facility was never inspected or that it has no violations.
Save the result in date order
Keep the matched name and address, facility identifier if shown, inspection date and type, grade, report URL, violations, correction or closure note, later reinspection, and your access date. This is enough for another reader to repeat the lookup without carrying unrelated personal or account information.
For general interpretation after the Riverside County record is matched, use the restaurant health inspection report guide and the food inspection reports and violations guide. The Riverside County portal and process page remain the sources for the local facts.
If the address turns out to be in San Bernardino County, use our San Bernardino County inspection and letter-grade guide instead. The two counties run separate portals and grade rules.
Last reviewed September 21, 2026.
Working in a Riverside County kitchen? The county issues its own food handler certificate; see California food handler card rules for how it differs from the statewide card.