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Hwa Yuan Szechuan
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 29, 2025
- address42 East Broadway, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineChinese
- phone9173654499
Is Hwa Yuan Szechuan clean?
Hwa Yuan Szechuan is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 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 Hwa Yuan Szechuan?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
- 🗑️garbage situation out of pocketPesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
When was Hwa Yuan Szechuan last inspected?
Hwa Yuan Szechuan has 5 inspections on record going back to August 9, 2022, averaging 17 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| January 9, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| August 12, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 5 pts |
| August 11, 2022 | closed by the city | 48 pts |
| August 9, 2022 | closed by the city | 0 pts |
Hwa Yuan Szechuan 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 May 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.