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Dilbar Indian Cuisine
- gradeGrade pending
- inspection score18 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2025
- address248-08 Union Turnpike, Queens 11426
- cuisineIndian
- phone6465002057
Is Dilbar Indian Cuisine clean?
New York currently lists Dilbar Indian Cuisine as grade pending, following an inspection on October 22, 2025 that scored 18 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it.
What did inspectors find at Dilbar Indian Cuisine?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Dilbar Indian Cuisine last inspected?
Dilbar Indian Cuisine has 5 inspections on record going back to December 9, 2024, averaging 35 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | — | |
| October 22, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
| February 14, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| February 12, 2025 | closed by the city | 86 pts |
| December 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 33 pts |
Dilbar Indian Cuisine vs Bellerose
Bellerose runs 75% clean across 42 tracked restaurants — 30 clean, 2 mid, 8 cooked.
Against the 42 spots Cooked tracks in Bellerose, this one comes out cleaner than 13% 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 October 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.