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Dhanshiri Chinese
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score31 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedDecember 10, 2025
- address169-28 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11432
- cuisineIndian
- phone7187250001
Is Dhanshiri Chinese clean?
Dhanshiri Chinese is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 4 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 Dhanshiri Chinese?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not postedCurrent letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
When was Dhanshiri Chinese last inspected?
Dhanshiri Chinese has 6 inspections on record going back to June 10, 2024, averaging 35 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 29, 2026 | — | |
| March 26, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 59 pts |
| December 10, 2025 | Grade C | 31 pts |
| April 7, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
| November 13, 2024 | Grade C | 35 pts |
| June 10, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
Dhanshiri Chinese vs Jamaica
Jamaica runs 76% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.
Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.