Halton Region Public Health, the regional agency whose inspectors check anywhere that prepares or sells food, visited 94 Oakville food premises between Oct. 11 and Nov. 10, according to inspection records Lokul has collected. Eighty-three passed every item on the checklist. The other 11 had at least one problem, most often with cleaning and upkeep.

Restaurants made up the biggest share of the visits, but inspectors also went to child care centres, which serve meals and snacks to young children, as often as take-outs: 14 times each.

Most-inspected Oakville food premises, Oct. 11 to Nov. 10
  • Restaurants39
  • Child care centres14
  • Take-outs14
  • Convenience/variety stores4

Upkeep and cleaning of the premises topped the list of problems, followed by how equipment and utensils were cleaned and stored. Both are non-critical items. Critical items, the kind most likely to make someone sick, such as keeping food at safe temperatures, turned up far less often.

Problems found most often in Oakville inspections
  • Premises maintenance & sanitation (non-critical)6
  • Equipment & utensil, sanitation & storage (non-critical)5
  • Temperature and food storage (critical)2
  • Food source & protection from contamination (critical)1

One critical problem was at Shishalicious, a restaurant at 580 Kerr Street, where a routine inspection on Monday, Nov. 2 found a temperature and food storage issue. When inspectors came back Wednesday, Nov. 4, everything was in compliance.

Another was at Manchu Wok, a take-out at 240 Leighland Avenue. A routine inspection on Monday, Nov. 9 found a critical item about where food comes from and keeping it safe from contamination; it was put right during the visit. The take-out has had two other rounds of inspections this year, each a routine visit followed by a re-inspection a few days later: March 24 and 27, and July 28 and 31.

Two places have follow-up deadlines this week. Kenzo Ramen Oakville, at 1122 Dorval Drive, was out of compliance on cleaning and storing equipment and utensils at an inspection on Thursday, Nov. 5; its follow-up is due by Thursday, Nov. 12. Hasty Market, at Unit 9A, 1140 Winston Churchill Boulevard, was out of compliance on keeping the premises clean and sanitary, a non-critical item, with a follow-up by Friday, Nov. 13.

Diners can check any spot themselves. Halton posts results on its online portal as soon as an inspection or complaint investigation is finished. Every food premises must post its Certificate of Inspection where customers can see it and hand over its Summary Inspection Report on request. Inspections recorded before March 16, 2026 are on Halton's older Dinewise system.