Benihana

• official resultScore 20
• score20 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
  code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Official wording: Swollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
  code 09Astatus: Not Critical
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
  code 10Bstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on September 28, 2022: Score changed by +18 points. 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.