Ai Ki Ya

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedNovember 5, 2025 →
• address41 West 33 Street, Manhattan 10001
• cuisineJapanese
• phone2125486188

Is Ai Ki Ya clean?

Ai Ki Ya is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ai Ki Ya?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Thawing procedure improper.
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Ai Ki Ya last inspected?

Ai Ki Ya has 3 inspections on record going back to August 22, 2023, averaging 19 points.

Ai Ki Ya vs Midtown-Midtown South

Midtown-Midtown South runs 83% clean across 2,302 tracked restaurants — 1,604 clean, 93 mid, 234 cooked.

Against the 2,302 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 22% of them.

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How New York grades restaurants

New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated November 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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