Emperor Dumpling

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJune 26, 2025
• address1396 Madison Avenue, Manhattan 10029
• cuisineAsian/Asian Fusion
• phone2127865918

Is Emperor Dumpling clean?

Emperor Dumpling is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 26, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Emperor Dumpling?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 26, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycritical
  Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.

When was Emperor Dumpling last inspected?

Emperor Dumpling has 2 inspections on record going back to May 13, 2025, averaging 24 points.

Emperor Dumpling vs East Harlem South

East Harlem South runs 74% clean across 150 tracked restaurants — 101 clean, 14 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 150 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem South, this one comes out cleaner than 20% 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 June 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.