Nala's
This facility may no longer be open. The city’s record for it is flagged OOB, and its last recorded inspection was March 6, 2025 — 552 days ago. The scores below are historical.
78/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 433 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 78 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 78 means 22 points of violations were recorded on that visit. Below 80 is the lowest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into — a minority of Austin inspections end here, and a result this low is the kind that tends to be followed by a re-inspection.
Scores higher than 433 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78735, it scores higher than 3 of 101 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 92/100).
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 Nala's Health Inspections
Austin Public Health’s records carry Nala's under an “OOB” naming prefix, at 4894 W US 290 WB HWY, Sunset Valley, Texas (78735). Scores higher than 433 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78735, it scores higher than 3 of 101 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 92/100).
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 March 6, 2025 — 552 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 131 days (median), across 6 recorded visit dates.
- 552 days since the most recent visit (March 6, 2025).
- Tracked for 2 years.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 4 points — 82/100 on November 6, 2024 to 78/100 on March 6, 2025.
📍Location Details
Address: 4894 W US 290 WB HWY
City: Sunset Valley, TX
ZIP Code: 78735
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 38 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2022 | 77 |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 100 |
| Feb 7, 2024 | 84 |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 75 |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 82 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 78 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 2 years. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 82/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 75/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 84/100 | Satisfactory | Routine Inspection | |
| 100/100 | Excellent | Routine Inspection | |
| 77/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Nala's’s 78. 32 of the at least 38 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- SV - Stouthaus Coffee Pub0.18 mi away · inspected Jun 12, 202398/100
- SV - Stouthaus Coffee Pub0.18 mi away · inspected Jun 12, 202398/100
- SV - Stouthaus Coffee Pub0.18 mi away · inspected May 21, 202597/100
- SV - Stouthaus Coffee Pub0.18 mi away · inspected May 21, 202597/100
- SV - Longhorn Steakhouse #54230.22 mi away · inspected Feb 11, 202597/100
- SV - Longhorn Steakhouse #54230.22 mi away · inspected Feb 11, 202597/100
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 Nala's
- What was Nala's's last health inspection score?
- Nala's scored 78 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on March 6, 2025. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 78 means 22 points of violations were recorded on that visit. Below 80 is the lowest of the three bands this site groups Austin scores into — a minority of Austin inspections end here, and a result this low is the kind that tends to be followed by a re-inspection. Scores higher than 433 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 6 scored inspections is 83/100.
- Is Nala's 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 March 6, 2025, the inspector deducted 22 points for a score of 78/100, and scores higher than 433 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — about 6% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Nala's had?
- Nala's has 6 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 2 years. 1 scored 90 or above, 2 scored 80 to 89, and 3 scored below 80. The median gap between recorded visits is 131 days.
- Where is Nala's located?
- Nala's is at 4894 W US 290 WB HWY, Sunset Valley, TX 78735. Located near at least 38 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Nala's?
- There are at least 38 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including SV - Holiday Inn Express (87/100), SV - Holiday Inn Express (84/100), SV - Holiday Inn Express (87/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Is Nala's 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 March 6, 2025 — 552 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 Nala's'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 March 6, 2025. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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