Gong Cha

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedJuly 23, 2026 →
• address88-01 Queens Boulevard, Queens 11373
• cuisineCoffee/Tea
• phone7187372900

Is Gong Cha clean?

Gong Cha is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 23, 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 Gong Cha?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 23, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
• 🤒sick worker near the foodcritical
  Food worker/food vendor does not use utensil or other barrier to eliminate bare hand contact with food that will not receive adequate additional heat treatment.

When was Gong Cha last inspected?

Gong Cha has 5 inspections on record going back to August 29, 2023, averaging 18 points.

Gong Cha vs Elmhurst

Elmhurst runs 73% clean across 294 tracked restaurants — 205 clean, 35 mid, 40 cooked.

Against the 294 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst, this one comes out cleaner than 32% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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