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House Of Joy
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 29, 2026
- address28 Pell Street, Manhattan 10013
- cuisineChinese
- phone2122858688
Is House Of Joy clean?
House Of Joy is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 29, 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 House Of Joy?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🌡️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 House Of Joy last inspected?
House Of Joy has 9 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2023, averaging 35 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2026 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 15, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 44 pts |
| January 5, 2026 | Grade A | 11 pts |
| October 24, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 57 pts |
| July 16, 2025 | Grade C | 36 pts |
| June 5, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 3 pts |
| June 3, 2025 | closed by the city | 127 pts |
| March 18, 2024 | Grade A | 5 pts |
| June 12, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 23 pts |
House Of Joy vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 33% 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 April 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.