Ajisen Ramen

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 20, 2025
• address14 Mott Street, Manhattan 10013
• cuisineJapanese
• phone2122679680

Is Ajisen Ramen clean?

Ajisen Ramen is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Ajisen Ramen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
  Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🧽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.
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.

When was Ajisen Ramen last inspected?

Ajisen Ramen has 4 inspections on record going back to December 20, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Ajisen Ramen vs Chinatown

Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.

Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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.

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 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.