ROYAL HAVELI CUISINES INC

3227 S WHITE RD, SAN JOSE, CA, 95148
Pass
80
Latest score
60%
Pass rate
5
Inspections
4
Critical violations

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PASSED
Jun 1, 2026ROUTINE INSPECTION75 days ago

Change of Ownership: Note: 1. This limited/routine inspection is conducted for a change of ownership for SR0885160. NEW OWNER: Royal Haveli Cuisines Inc NEW FACILITY NAME: Royal Haveli The applicant has completed the application for an Environmental Health Permit. FP11 -: $2,281.00 will be invoiced and mailed to the address on the application. Payment shall be paid within 10 days of receipt of the invoice. The owner is responsible for contacting our department if an invoice is not received within 30 days of the change of owner’s date. Permit issued and valid: 06/01/26 - 05/31/27. The permit will be deemed invalid if the permit fee is not paid in full within 30 days of the date of this report. This report serves as a temporary permit until the official permit is mailed to the facility. When the invoice for the facility is received, payment must be made within 10 days. Okay to operate as of today. The official Environmental Health permit must post permits from a public view, and a copy of the most recent inspection report must be kept on file for review by anyone upon request. Someone from the facility must take a food manager certificate class within two months. All employees who are engaged in food preparation service, and storage, and who do not have a food manager certificate must have valid food handler cards within 30 days of hire date. Food Safety Manager Certificate and Food Handler cards shall be available for review. Information on a Food Safety Certificate and Food Handler cards are available at https://www.sccgov.org/sites/cpd/programs/fsp/Pages/FSC.aspx. *Structural Review inspection conducted on 06/01/2026. 2. Prior to the installation of any new equipment, equipment layout plan and specification submittal is required to Plan Check. Any installation of new equipment, without prior notification to district specialist/Plan Check is subject to impounding of the equipment. Any unapproved equipment will not be allowed for use. Plan check consultation hours are Monday through Friday 7:30AM-10AM and afternoon by appointment only at address above. Additional information on Plan Check Program is available at https://www.sccgov.org/sites/cpd/programs/pcp/Pages/home.aspx. Or contact dehplancheck@deh.sccgov.org for information on the plan submittal process and fees. 3.Facility should notify district specialists should there be a change in the number of employees or change in menu. District specialist shall be notified prior to the addition, replacement, or removal of any equipment.

Inspection Timeline

Jun 1, 2026Latest
PassedScore: 80/100
ROUTINE INSPECTION
80
Nov 19, 2025
Passed
FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION
Nov 14, 2025
ConditionalScore: 65/100
ROUTINE INSPECTION
65
May 23, 2025
Passed
FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION
May 7, 2025
ConditionalScore: 67/100
ROUTINE INSPECTION
67

Violations Analysis

4
Critical Violations
2 in last 3 inspections
38
Non-Critical
42
Total Violations
Across 5 inspections

Complete inspection history

5 inspections
PassLatest Jun 1, 2026
80/100

ROUTINE INSPECTION

Change of Ownership: Note: 1. This limited/routine inspection is conducted for a change of ownership for SR0885160. NEW OWNER: Royal Haveli Cuisines Inc NEW FACILITY NAME: Royal Haveli The applicant has completed the application for an Environmental Health Permit. FP11 -: $2,281.00 will be invoiced and mailed to the address on the application. Payment shall be paid within 10 days of receipt of the invoice. The owner is responsible for contacting our department if an invoice is not received within 30 days of the change of owner’s date. Permit issued and valid: 06/01/26 - 05/31/27. The permit will be deemed invalid if the permit fee is not paid in full within 30 days of the date of this report. This report serves as a temporary permit until the official permit is mailed to the facility. When the invoice for the facility is received, payment must be made within 10 days. Okay to operate as of today. The official Environmental Health permit must post permits from a public view, and a copy of the most recent inspection report must be kept on file for review by anyone upon request. Someone from the facility must take a food manager certificate class within two months. All employees who are engaged in food preparation service, and storage, and who do not have a food manager certificate must have valid food handler cards within 30 days of hire date. Food Safety Manager Certificate and Food Handler cards shall be available for review. Information on a Food Safety Certificate and Food Handler cards are available at https://www.sccgov.org/sites/cpd/programs/fsp/Pages/FSC.aspx. *Structural Review inspection conducted on 06/01/2026. 2. Prior to the installation of any new equipment, equipment layout plan and specification submittal is required to Plan Check. Any installation of new equipment, without prior notification to district specialist/Plan Check is subject to impounding of the equipment. Any unapproved equipment will not be allowed for use. Plan check consultation hours are Monday through Friday 7:30AM-10AM and afternoon by appointment only at address above. Additional information on Plan Check Program is available at https://www.sccgov.org/sites/cpd/programs/pcp/Pages/home.aspx. Or contact dehplancheck@deh.sccgov.org for information on the plan submittal process and fees. 3.Facility should notify district specialists should there be a change in the number of employees or change in menu. District specialist shall be notified prior to the addition, replacement, or removal of any equipment.

9 reported violations
  • K07: Proper hot and cold holding temperatures

    Some potentially hazardous foods stored on the preparation table, including yogurt were measured between 45°F and 50 °F. The chef said the food products were moved from the walk-in cooler into the preparation fridge an hour ago. [CA] All potentially hazardous foods like meat, seafood, poultry, dairy products, cooked vegetables, cooked cereals, greens, and diced tomatoes shall always be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above. If these food products are stored at room temperature, time/temperature logs must be properly used which indicate the time the food product was taken from the safe temperature zone, and the time the food products shall be discarded.

  • K43: Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned

    The restroom doors do not have a self-clothing devise installed. [CA] Install self-clothing devise in the restroom door.

  • K44: Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing

    Employee belongings including clothes and backpacks were stored on the utensil and food storage shelves. [CA] Employee belongings must be stored in designated area.

  • K27: Food separated and protected

    Multiple open bag food products were stored on the shelf in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers.

  • K30: Food storage: food storage containers identified

    Couple of food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.

  • K23: No rodents, insects, birds, or animals

    Multiple household plastic fly traps were observed above the open foods in the preparation area. [CA] To prevent adulteration of the food products, please do not hang fly traps on food preparation, service, and storage areas. Fly control must be done with proper cleaning of the facility. If fly control methods are going to be used in the facility, they must be commercial standard one. drain flies were observed back in the preparation and wash areas.

  • K34: Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips

    There is no approved sanitizer measuring strip to measure the concentration of the chemicals used to sanitize dishes and utensils in the facility. [CA] Provide approved sanitizer measuring strips for the chemicals used in sanitizing utensils. equipment, and food contact surfaces.

  • K36: Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use

    Multiple equipment and utensils were stored on the floor back in the storage area. [CA] For easy floor cleaning and to prevent insect/rodent infestation and hiding, store all utensils/equipment at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf/dunnage rack at all the time.

  • K40: Wiping cloths: properly used, stored

    A couple of wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach).

Pass Nov 19, 2025
N/A

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION

Note: This is a follow-up inspection to the routine inspection conducted on 11/14/25.The restaurant was issued a conditional pass for the lack of hot water on the sinks and for the lack of soap on the only handwash station located in in the kitchen. Both violations are now observed to be corrected. Therefore, the facility is issued a green placard.

8 reported violations
  • K36: Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use

    Repeated violation: Boxes of single use and other utensils were stored on the floor back in the storage area. [CA] For easy floor cleaning and to prevent insect/rodent infestation and hiding, store all utensils/equipment at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf/dunnage rack at all the time.

  • K43: Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned

    Repeated violation: The restroom doors do not have a self-clothing devise installed. [CA] Install self-clothing devise in the restroom door.

  • K34: Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips

    Repeated violation: There is no approved sanitizer measuring strip to measure the concentration of the chemicals used to sanitize dishes and utensils in the facility. [CA] Provide approved sanitizer measuring strips for the chemicals used in sanitizing utensils. equipment, and food contact surfaces.

  • K44: Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing

    Repeated violation: Employee belongings including clothes and backpacks were stored on the utensil and food storage shelves. [CA] Employee belongings must be stored in designated area.

  • K39: Thermometers provided, accurate

    Repeated violation. There was not a functional prob thermometer to measure the internal temperature of the cold and hot food products. [CA] Provide an approved prob type thermometer and use it with regular calibration and sanitization.

  • K09: Proper cooling methods
  • K40: Wiping cloths: properly used, stored

    Repeated violation: A couple of wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach).

  • K30: Food storage: food storage containers identified

    Repeated violation: Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.

Conditional Pass Nov 14, 2025
65/100

ROUTINE INSPECTION

Note: 1. Food safety manager certificate: Karamjit Kaur - 3/5/2028 2. The plan submitted to install the mechanical dishwasher is not finalized by our office. Therefore, the mechanical dishwasher may not be used until it is approved by our office's plan check senior.

11 reported violations
  • K40: Wiping cloths: properly used, stored

    A couple of wet/soiled wiping cloths were stored on the counters. [CA] Wet/soiled wiping cloths must be stored in a bucket that has standard sanitizer concentration in between use which is 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine (bleach).

  • K43: Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned

    The restroom doors do not have a self-clothing devise installed. [CA] Install self-clothing devise in the restroom door.

  • K34: Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips

    There is no approved sanitizer measuring strip to measure the concentration of the chemicals used to sanitize dishes and utensils in the facility. [CA] Provide approved sanitizer measuring strips for the chemicals used in sanitizing utensils. equipment, and food contact surfaces.

  • K36: Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use

    Boxes of single use and other utensils were stored on the floor back in the storage area. [CA] For easy floor cleaning and to prevent insect/rodent infestation and hiding, store all utensils/equipment at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf/dunnage rack at all the time.

  • K06: Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessibleCritical

    There was no soap supply on the kitchen's handwash station. [CA] Refill the wall-mounted soap dispenser immediately. Until the wall-mounted soap dispenser is refilled/fixed, provide a pump-type soap dispenser. The facility manager provided a pump-type soap dispenser (COS).

  • K21: Hot and cold water availableCritical

    The maximum water temperature on the manual three compartment wash sink was measured at 70 oF. [CA] Adjust the water heater temperature to raise the water temperature on the manual three compartments sink to 120 oF. The manager turned on the water heater and raised the temperature to 120 oF (COS).

  • K44: Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing

    Employee belongings including clothes and backpacks were stored on the utensil and food storage shelves. [CA] Employee belongings must be stored in designated area.

  • K39: Thermometers provided, accurate

    There was not a functional prob thermometer to measure the internal temperature of the cold and hot food products. [CA] Provide an approved prob type thermometer and use it with regular calibration and sanitization.

  • K14: Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized

    There was a very low sanitizer concentration on the manual three-compartment ware washing sink. [CA] Whenever sanitizing of utensils/equipment is conducted, the sanitizer concentration maintain in the sanitizing compartment of the manual warewashing sink must be maintained at 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine, unless otherwise specified by manufacturer of the chemical. Some freshly rewashed utensils were stacked together on the utensil storage shelf. [CA] Air dry all clean utensils before staking them together.

  • K27: Food separated and protected

    Food products in open containers were stored outside the sneeze guarded storage counters on the self-serve counter. [CA] To prevent possible contamination, any open food products may only be stored in sneeze guarded display counters. Multiple open bag food products were stored on the shelf in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers.

  • K30: Food storage: food storage containers identified

    Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.

Pass May 23, 2025
N/A

FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION

Note: This is a follow-up inspection to the routine inspection conducted on 05/07/2025. The facility was issued a conditional pass for lack of handwash sink supplies on the only handwash station in the kitchen and for sanitizing dishes without any sanitizer on the mechanical dishwasher. The mechanical dishwasher has been impounded and the handwash station has full supplies of soap and paper towel. These two major violations are verified to be addressed. Therefore, the facility is now issued a green pass placard. However, the above repeated violations must be addressed immediately.

4 reported violations
  • K43: Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned

    Repeated violation: The restrooms’ doors do not have self-clothing devises installed. [CA] Install self-clothing devises on both restrooms.

  • K27: Food separated and protected

    Repeated violation: Some open bag food products were stored on the shelf in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers.

  • K30: Food storage: food storage containers identified

    Repeated vioaltion: Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.

  • K48: Plan review

    Repeated violation: The facility has install a low-temp mechanical dishwasher without submitting plan and specification to our plan check services. [CA] Please submit required plans and specification to our office via dehplancheck@deh.sccgov.org to use the mechanical dishwasher. Until then, the mechanical dishwasher re-impounded. An impound tag is 001B-25 is taped on the mechanical dishwasher.

Conditional Pass May 7, 2025
67/100

ROUTINE INSPECTION

Note: Food safety manager certificate: Karamjit Kaur - 3/5/2028

10 reported violations
  • K27: Food separated and protected

    Some open bag food products were stored on the shelf in the dry storage area. [CA] Store all open bag food products in properly labeled bulk containers.

  • K36: Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and use

    Boxes of single use and other utensils were stored on the floor back in the storage area. [CA] For easy floor cleaning and to prevent insect/rodent infestation and hiding, store all utensils/equipment at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf/dunnage rack at all the time. Compressed gas cylinders used for the soda dispenser were not chained to a secure stand. [CA] To prevent possible accident from falling compressed gas cylinder, all the cylinders must restrain to a secure stand.

  • K43: Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned

    The restrooms’ doors do not have self-clothing devises installed. [CA] Install self-clothing devises on both restrooms.

  • K06: Adequate handwash facilities supplied, accessibleCritical

    There was no paper towel supply on the only handwash sink located in the kitchen area. [CA] Refill the wall-mounted paper towel dispenser immediately. Until the wall-mounted paper towel dispenser is refilled, a roll-type paper supply may be used. The person in charge provided a roll-type paper towel (SA).

  • K23: No rodents, insects, birds, or animals

    Multiple drain and house flies were observed back in the dining and kitchen areas. [CA] Eliminate all insects and rodents from the facility by a legal method.

  • K14: Food contact surfaces clean, sanitizedCritical

    The sanitizer concentration on the unapproved low temperature mechanical dishwasher that was used to wash the dishes was measured at zero ppm chlorine. [CA] Whenever sanitizing of utensils/equipment is conducted using a low temperature mechanical dishwasher, there must be a 50-ppm residual chlorine level when the cycle completes. Until the mechanical dishwasher is approved by our office plan check unit, please use the manual three compartments sink to wash, rinse, and sanitize the dishes with 200 ppm quaternary ammonia or 100 ppm chlorine, unless otherwise specified by manufacturer of the chemical. The person in charge refill one sink of the warewash sink with lukewarm water and added bleach manually to create a 100-ppm chlorine solution to sanitize the utensils washed in the mechanical dishwasher. (SA).

  • K44: Premises clean, in good repair; Personal/chemical storage; Adequate vermin-proofing

    Couple of open cup employee drinks were stored on the preparation tables. [CA] To prevent possible contamination, employees may only drink with covered cup container and store their drink in designated areas. The back door was left open. [CA] To prevent insect/rodent infections, keep the backdoor always closed or install a screen door.

  • K45: Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean

    Food residue and slime buildup was observed on the floor and the floor sinks located below the preparation and wash sinks. [CA] Conduct a thorough and regular cleaning on the floor areas.

  • K30: Food storage: food storage containers identified

    Many food products on boxes were stored directly on the floor or on milk crate back in the storage area. [CA] To prevent insect hiding and breading and for easy cleaning of the floor area, please store all food products at least six inches off the floor on approved shelf or dunnage rack.

  • K48: Plan review

    The facility has install a low-temp mechanical dishwasher without submitting plan and specification to our plan check services. [CA] Please submit required plans and specification to our office via dehplancheck@deh.sccgov.org to use the mechanical dishwasher. Until then, the mechanical dishwasher shall remain impounded. An impound tag is 001A-25 is taped on the mechanical dishwasher.

Source: Santa Clara County open data. Records are supplied as-is and may take 24–48 hours to reflect a newly published inspection.