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Garden City Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedFebruary 11, 2026
- address224-01 Merrick Boulevard, Queens 11413
- cuisineChinese
- phone7185288886
Is Garden City Chinese Restaurant clean?
Garden City Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 11, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Garden City Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 11, 2026, 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.
- 🍽️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.
When was Garden City Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Garden City Chinese Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to May 25, 2023, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 11, 2026 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| November 14, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 21, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 9 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Garden City Chinese Restaurant vs Laurelton
Laurelton runs 83% clean across 46 tracked restaurants — 33 clean, 0 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 46 spots Cooked tracks in Laurelton, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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 February 11, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.