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Flaming Grill Buffet
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 31, 2025
- address2163 Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn 11226
- cuisineChinese/Japanese
- phone3473654818
Is Flaming Grill Buffet clean?
Flaming Grill Buffet is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 31, 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 Flaming Grill Buffet?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 31, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueAccurate thermometer not provided or properly located in refrigerated, cold storage or hot holding equipment
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
When was Flaming Grill Buffet last inspected?
Flaming Grill Buffet has 5 inspections on record going back to June 17, 2023, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| September 17, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 35 pts |
| January 24, 2025 | Grade B | 25 pts |
| June 26, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 56 pts |
| June 17, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 27 pts |
Flaming Grill Buffet vs Erasmus
Erasmus runs 75% clean across 96 tracked restaurants — 65 clean, 3 mid, 19 cooked.
Against the 96 spots Cooked tracks in Erasmus, this one comes out cleaner than 39% of them.
Other spots in Erasmus
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 31, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.