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Dong King Garden
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMarch 18, 2025
- address80 West 165 Street, Bronx 10452
- cuisineChinese
- phone6464625242
Is Dong King Garden clean?
Dong King Garden is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 18, 2025. 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 Dong King Garden?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🛠️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.
When was Dong King Garden last inspected?
Dong King Garden has 1 inspection on record going back to March 18, 2025, averaging 8 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 18, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
Dong King Garden vs Highbridge
Highbridge runs 71% clean across 41 tracked restaurants — 25 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 41 spots Cooked tracks in Highbridge, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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 March 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.