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Golden Hof/ Ny Kimchi
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJuly 18, 2025
- address18 West 48 Street, Manhattan 10036
- cuisineKorean
- phone9179520957
Is Golden Hof/ Ny Kimchi clean?
Golden Hof/ Ny Kimchi is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 18, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Golden Hof/ Ny Kimchi?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Golden Hof/ Ny Kimchi last inspected?
Golden Hof/ Ny Kimchi has 8 inspections on record going back to July 28, 2022, averaging 16 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| July 11, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| July 18, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 30, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| March 8, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| January 12, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 36 pts |
| September 8, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| July 28, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 26 pts |
Golden Hof/ Ny Kimchi vs Midtown-Midtown South
Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.
Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 37% 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 July 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.