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New York City health inspections

Look up any restaurant or food business in New York City. We aggregate the local health department’s published results into one searchable place.

Passed latest inspection

64%

Share of inspected facilities whose most recent inspection passed.

  • No serious issues in last two inspections · 11,477
  • Passed latest, serious issue on the visit before · 6,155
  • High risk (latest inspection failed) · 9,906
  • No recent inspection · 3,807
31,345
Facilities tracked
17,632
Passed latest inspection
9,906
High-risk premises
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Cities in New York City

New York City covers several municipalities. Browse inspection results city by city:

Inspected facilities in New York City

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  3. 53
  4. 106
  5. 159
  6. 212
  7. 261
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  10. 264
  11. 265
  12. 318
  13. 371
  14. 424
  15. 477
  16. 522
  17. 523

About inspections in New York City

The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene inspects every restaurant across the five boroughs and assigns the familiar A, B, or C letter grade posted in the window, based on the points scored for violations. We bring those results together here so you can look up a specific New York City restaurant and see the violations behind its grade.

See the official results published by NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).

How New York City’s results work

Results are based on official health department inspections. Depending on the jurisdiction you may see a letter grade, a numerical score, or a pass/fail outcome — our placards and scores guide explains what each result means, and our guide to how restaurant inspections work covers who inspects and how results are published.

How we decide pass or fail: where the health authority publishes its own result or grade (for example a pass/fail outcome, a letter grade, or a satisfactory/unsatisfactory rating), we use it. Otherwise we look at what the inspector found: an inspection with any higher-risk finding — one the authority flags as critical, or one about food temperatures, hand hygiene, pests, sanitizing, contamination or chemicals — counts as a fail; one with only lower-risk findings (upkeep, paperwork, training) counts as a pass with minor issues. Because some authorities record many small items on every visit, we never fail a premises just for the number of findings. The pass rate is the share of inspected premises whose most recent inspection passed.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check a restaurant's health inspection in New York City?
Search the establishment by name or address on Local Health Inspections to see its most recent result, any violations, and its full inspection history for New York City.
How many food premises are tracked in New York City?
We currently track 31,345 facilities in New York City, drawn from the local health department's published inspection data.
What does a failed inspection or closure mean?
A failed inspection means violations serious enough to require correction and usually a follow-up visit; a closure means an imminent health hazard forced the business to stop operating until it passes re-inspection. Grading systems differ — some cities post letter grades, others use scores or pass/fail — so see our placards and scores guide for the full breakdown.