Wu Chow
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was July 25, 2024 — 776 days ago. The scores below are historical.
87/100 — Satisfactory
Scores higher than 1,647 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 24% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 87 means
Satisfactory. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 87 means 13 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 80 to 89 is the middle band: real violations were found and written up, but the visit did not fall into the lowest group. It is a pass, not a clean sheet.
Scores higher than 1,647 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 24% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78701, it scores higher than 146 of 531 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 91/100).
A score is a snapshot of a single visit on a single day. It measures compliance with food-safety rules — not food quality, service or how clean the place is today. Austin Public Health does not publish the individual violations behind a score, so this dataset cannot say what was found.
About Wu Chow Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry Wu Chow under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 500 W 5th St Ste 168, Austin, Texas (78701). Scores higher than 1,647 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 24% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78701, it scores higher than 146 of 531 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 91/100).
Its name in Austin Public Health's dataset carries an "OOB" prefix — an undocumented naming convention, not a status field. Facilities marked this way have a median last-inspection date of March 4, 2024, against December 19, 2025 for everything else in the dataset, and only 4 of 239 were inspected in 2026, versus 3,192 of 6,622 (about 48%) for the rest. This facility's own most recent recorded visit was July 25, 2024 — 776 days ago. Together, that pattern points toward the business having closed, though the city's dataset has no status field to confirm it.
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 133 days (median), across 4 recorded visit dates.
- 776 days since the most recent visit (July 25, 2024).
- Tracked for 16 months.
- Most recent scored visit improved by 10 points — 77/100 on March 14, 2024 to 87/100 on July 25, 2024.
📍Location Details
Address: 500 W 5th St Ste 168
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78701
Inspections conducted by Austin Public Health
Health inspections are conducted by Austin Public Health to ensure restaurants maintain proper food safety standards. Scores are based on compliance with Texas Food Establishment Rules (TFER) and assess factors including food temperature control, employee hygiene, facility cleanliness, and pest control. Regular inspections help protect public health by identifying and correcting violations before they can cause foodborne illness. Austin Public Health does not publish individual violation records alongside the score, so specific findings from a given visit are not part of this dataset.
🍴Nearby Restaurants
Within 0.5 miles · at least 42 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2023 | 78 |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 78 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 77 |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 87 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 16 months. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 77/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 78/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 78/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Wu Chow’s 87. 36 of the at least 42 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Fixe0.00 mi away · inspected Aug 16, 2023100/100
- Fixe0.00 mi away · inspected Aug 16, 2023100/100
- Fixe0.00 mi away · inspected Jun 17, 202590/100
- Fixe0.00 mi away · inspected Jun 17, 202590/100
- Bull and Bowl0.06 mi away · inspected Jun 18, 202490/100
- Bull and Bowl0.06 mi away · inspected Jun 18, 202490/100
Distances are straight-line from the geocoded address, and every score shown is that facility’s most recent published one, which may be from a different date than the score above. A higher number is not a recommendation — it is one inspector’s reading of one visit.
Common questions about Wu Chow
- What was Wu Chow's last health inspection score?
- Wu Chow scored 87 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on July 25, 2024. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 87 means 13 points of violations were recorded on that visit. 80 to 89 is the middle band: real violations were found and written up, but the visit did not fall into the lowest group. It is a pass, not a clean sheet. Scores higher than 1,647 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 24% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 4 scored inspections is 80/100.
- Is Wu Chow clean?
- Nobody can answer that from this dataset, and this page will not pretend to. A score is a snapshot of a single visit on a single day. It measures compliance with food-safety rules — not food quality, service or how clean the place is today. Austin Public Health does not publish the individual violations behind a score, so this dataset cannot say what was found. What the record does show: at the last scored visit, on July 25, 2024, the inspector deducted 13 points for a score of 87/100, and scores higher than 1,647 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 24% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Wu Chow had?
- Wu Chow has 4 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 16 months. 0 scored 90 or above, 1 scored 80 to 89, and 3 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 133 days.
- Where is Wu Chow located?
- Wu Chow is at 500 W 5th St Ste 168, Austin, TX 78701. Located near at least 42 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Wu Chow?
- There are at least 42 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Fixe (88/100), Fixe (88/100), Wu Chow (82/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is Wu Chow still open?
- Its name in Austin Public Health's dataset carries an "OOB" prefix — an undocumented naming convention, not a status field. Facilities marked this way have a median last-inspection date of March 4, 2024, against December 19, 2025 for everything else in the dataset, and only 4 of 239 were inspected in 2026, versus 3,192 of 6,622 (about 48%) for the rest. This facility's own most recent recorded visit was July 25, 2024 — 776 days ago. Together, that pattern points toward the business having closed, though the city's dataset has no status field to confirm it.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Wu Chow's score?
- No. The City of Austin open dataset behind this page (ecmv-9xxi) carries the establishment name, address, ZIP, inspection date, score, facility ID, and whether the visit was routine or a follow-up — and nothing else. There is no violation-level field, so no site republishing this dataset can tell you what an inspector actually found. Austin Public Health holds the full inspection reports.
All figures on this page come from Austin Public Health via the City of Austin open data portal, dataset ecmv-9xxi, newest inspection for this facility July 25, 2024. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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