Chen's Diner

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 13, 2026 →
• address558 Beach 25 Street, Queens 11691
• cuisineChinese
• phone9294267335

Is Chen's Diner clean?

Chen's Diner is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 13, 2026. 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 Chen's Diner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Chen's Diner last inspected?

Chen's Diner has 4 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2023, averaging 17 points.

Chen's Diner vs Far Rockaway-Bayswater

Far Rockaway-Bayswater runs 71% clean across 45 tracked restaurants — 30 clean, 4 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 45 spots Cooked tracks in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, this one comes out cleaner than 48% 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 August 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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