Special Noodle
70/100 — Needs Improvement
Scores higher than 15 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
What a score of 70 means
Needs improvement. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 70 means 30 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 15 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78729, it scores higher than 0 of 127 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 94/100).
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 Special Noodle Health Inspections
Special Noodle is a food establishment inspected by Austin Public Health, at 13729 N US 183 Hwy NB, Austin, Texas (78729). Scores higher than 15 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. In ZIP 78729, it scores higher than 0 of 127 facilities with a published score (ZIP median: 94/100).
⏱️Inspection Cadence
- Visited roughly every 196 days (median), across 3 recorded visit dates.
- 231 days since the most recent visit (January 21, 2026).
- Tracked for 13 months.
- Most recent scored visit declined by 4 points — 74/100 on January 27, 2025 to 70/100 on January 21, 2026.
- 1 follow-up re-inspection on record — a facility is only revisited this way after an earlier inspection failed.
📍Location Details
Address: 13729 N US 183 Hwy NB
City: Austin, TX
ZIP Code: 78729
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 49 found
📈Score Trend
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2024 | 59 |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 74 |
| Jan 21, 2026 | 70 |
Complete inspection history
Every inspection Austin Public Health has published for this facility, newest first, covering 13 months. Scores are published as a number out of 100; the individual violations behind each one are not published.
| Date | Score | Rating | Visit type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection | |
| 74/100 | Needs Improvement | Follow-up re-inspection | |
| 59/100 | Needs Improvement | Routine Inspection |
Within half a mile and scoring higher
6 nearby facilities carry a most-recent score above Special Noodle’s 70. 43 of the at least 49 inspected neighbours scored the same or lower.
- Dollar Tree # 32110.00 mi away · inspected Nov 2, 2023100/100
- Dollar Tree # 32110.00 mi away · inspected Nov 2, 2023100/100
- Spec's Liquors #580.05 mi away · inspected Dec 18, 202399/100
- Spec's Liquors #580.05 mi away · inspected Dec 18, 202399/100
- Spec's Liquors #580.05 mi away · inspected Mar 5, 202698/100
- Southwest Theaters Lake Creek 70.00 mi away · inspected Mar 6, 202497/100
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 Special Noodle
- What was Special Noodle's last health inspection score?
- Special Noodle scored 70 out of 100 at its most recent scored inspection by Austin Public Health, on January 21, 2026. Inspections start at 100 and lose points for each violation the inspector writes up, so 70 means 30 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 15 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100. Its average across 3 scored inspections is 68/100.
- Is Special Noodle 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 January 21, 2026, the inspector deducted 30 points for a score of 70/100, and scores higher than 15 of 6,939 Austin-area facilities with a published score — under 1% of them. Citywide median current score: 93/100.
- How many health inspections has Special Noodle had?
- Special Noodle has 3 health inspections on record from Austin Public Health over 13 months. 0 scored 90 or above, 0 scored 80 to 89, and 3 scored below 80. 1 of them was a follow-up re-inspection. The median gap between recorded visits is 196 days.
- Where is Special Noodle located?
- Special Noodle is at 13729 N US 183 Hwy NB, Austin, TX 78729. Located near at least 49 other inspected restaurants within 0.5 miles.
- What other inspected restaurants are near Special Noodle?
- There are at least 49 other inspected food establishments within half a mile, including Southwest Theaters Lake Creek 7 (97/100), Southwest Theaters Lake Creek 7 (85/100), Vazquez Restaurant #3 (84/100). Each has its own inspection history on this site.
- Does Austin publish the violations behind Special Noodle'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 January 21, 2026. Nothing here is a rating written by this site.
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