Amber Sushi

• gradeGrade C ⏳
• inspection score43 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedDecember 10, 2024
• address1406 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10075
• cuisineJapanese
• phone2122495020

Is Amber Sushi clean?

Amber Sushi is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 10, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.

What did inspectors find at Amber Sushi?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• ❓food from a mystery sourcecritical
  Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🛠️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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Amber Sushi last inspected?

Amber Sushi has 4 inspections on record going back to August 15, 2024, averaging 44 points.

Amber Sushi vs Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill

Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill runs 83% clean across 354 tracked restaurants — 266 clean, 21 mid, 35 cooked.

Against the 354 spots Cooked tracks in Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 1% 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 December 10, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.