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Gai Chicken & Rice
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 29, 2025
- address158 East 45 Street, Manhattan 10017
- cuisineThai
- phone9176756642
Is Gai Chicken & Rice clean?
Gai Chicken & Rice is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 29, 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 Gai Chicken & Rice?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 29, 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.
- 🛠️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 Gai Chicken & Rice last inspected?
Gai Chicken & Rice has 4 inspections on record going back to January 23, 2024, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| July 10, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| December 17, 2024 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| January 23, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 10 pts |
Gai Chicken & Rice vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown
Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 83% clean across 605 tracked restaurants — 448 clean, 33 mid, 60 cooked.
Against the 605 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, this one comes out cleaner than 59% 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 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.