Deep dives into Orange County restaurant inspections. The stories the data tells.
Cockroach infestations, rodent droppings, sewage in the parking lot. We ranked them by actual scariness, not just violation count.
April 12, 2026Not all violations are created equal. Here's what the codes actually mean for your meal.
April 12, 2026The worst health inspections in LA County from January-March 2026. Pests, sewage, no hot water, and a nightclub with 20 violations.
April 10, 2026A Santa Ana restaurant was ordered immediately closed after inspectors found an ongoing cockroach infestation. A compliance hearing is pending.
April 10, 2026The name says yummy. The health inspector said cockroaches. Twice. In three weeks. Now there's a compliance hearing.
April 9, 2026A routine inspection at this Garden Grove restaurant turned into an immediate shutdown after cockroaches were found in food preparation areas.
April 9, 2026"Back door open. Rats in facility." That's the actual complaint. Inspectors showed up and found 11 violations. Yikes.
April 9, 2026You came for lumber. You got rodent droppings. Home Depot's food area has a pest problem.
April 9, 2026Full inspection breakdown — 12 violations including what the inspector found, what food was destroyed, and what it means for you.
April 8, 2026Your Equinox membership gets you luxury towels, eucalyptus steam rooms, and apparently rodent droppings at the soda station. Dead cockroaches throughout the facility.
April 8, 2026The boysenberry pie is great. The rodent droppings? Less great. Knott's Berry Farm has a pest problem and holes in the walls to prove it.
April 8, 2026America's pastime meets America's least favorite insect. Angel Stadium is under reinspection for cockroach activity.
April 8, 2026Full inspection breakdown — 12 violations including what the inspector found, what food was destroyed, and what it means for you.
April 7, 2026The popular chain restaurant has rodent activity and gaps that need sealing. Reinspection scheduled for April 14.
April 3, 2026They were supposed to have eliminated the rodent infestation. The inspector found droppings at the front service counter.
April 2, 2026A Santa Ana charter school is under reinspection for cockroach activity. Parents, you might want to read this.
March 31, 2026More like MoonRoach. The Garden Grove location had dead cockroaches on the floor, roaches in the sticky traps, and a cooler that's given up on life.
March 27, 2026The rare double infestation. Both cockroaches and rodents got this Garden Grove restaurant shut down.
March 27, 2026Rodents and flies. At a market where you buy groceries. Garden Grove's La Favorita had a rough March.
March 26, 2026Full inspection breakdown — 13 violations including what the inspector found, what food was destroyed, and what it means for you.
March 23, 2026Full inspection breakdown — 12 violations including what the inspector found, what food was destroyed, and what it means for you.
March 20, 2026Inspectors found sewage pouring from sewer outlets in the parking lot of this La Habra restaurant. Water was shut off to the entire building.
February 25, 202699 Ranch shows up on our worst lists in BOTH Orange County and LA County. Different location, same problems.
October 28, 2025They came back to check on the broken cooler. They found live cockroaches instead.
October 16, 202524 different ways to fail a health inspection. Pista House in Torrance found all of them.
July 24, 2025A Laguna Hills dining room failed its reinspection — cockroach activity was STILL observed. Another follow-up scheduled.
February 27, 2025Failing once is a bad day. Failing the same way twice in six months is a pattern. Camp Pho in Venice can't seem to pass.