To check a New York City restaurant, open NYC Health’s ABCEats search and match the exact address, not just a familiar restaurant name. Open the inspection history behind the letter grade: the points, dated violations and later inspection can tell different parts of the story.
NYC uses violation points: fewer points are better. In the official grading scale, A is 0–13 points, B is 14–27, and C is 28 or more. These are not customer-review stars or a percentage score. Read any pending or other posted status as shown; do not invent a letter when the current record does not supply one.
Find the licensed facility for NYC restaurant grades
Search NYC Health Restaurant Grades for the licensed facility behind the NYC inspection record. Match the street address before reading the newest inspection, rating, or permit status.
Use the address and facility number to avoid a false match
For the NYC inspection record, keep the facility’s legal or trading name, exact address, license number, jurisdiction, and relevant date range.
- Facility name
- Street address
- License or facility number
- Inspection jurisdiction
Read the inspection and follow-up together
- Find the facility in NYC Health Restaurant Grades by address as well as name.
- Open the dated record and identify the type of inspection or rating event.
- In the NYC inspection record, read violations, severity, corrective action, and any closure or permit consequence behind the headline result.
- Before relying on the NYC inspection record, check later visits to distinguish a corrected historical issue from a current unresolved condition.
- Record the facility identifier and inspection dates used for the NYC inspection record conclusion.
A grade is only the headline of a dated visit
Before relying on the NYC inspection record, a sound result ties the correct facility to a dated inspection and its follow-up; the score or grade alone is incomplete.
| What you find | What to check before using it |
|---|---|
| A: 0–13 points | Read the inspection date and findings. An A is not a guarantee about conditions at your visit. |
| B: 14–27 points / C: 28 or more | Open the violations and follow-up. The point total is not the number of violations. |
| A pending or other non-letter status | Read the official explanation and dated history; do not convert it into A, B or C. |
| An older poor result followed by a later visit | Keep the events in order. Do not present an old finding as an unresolved current condition without the later record. |
A grade or score in the NYC inspection record summarizes a dated inspection. Read the visit type and dated findings together when using NYC restaurant grades check to assess current conditions.
When the restaurant name returns no exact match
If the name returns no match, search the street address and check the borough and business-name spelling. A renamed business or another branch can produce a misleading match. If the identity or current status is still unclear, use the contact route on the NYC Health inspection page; absence from your search is not a clean inspection result.
Read the visit type and dated findings together when using NYC restaurant grades check to assess current conditions.