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Jaya Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score8 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 18, 2025
- address79 Audubon Avenue, Manhattan 10032
- cuisineLatin American
- phone2129271535
Is Jaya Restaurant clean?
Jaya Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 18, 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 Jaya Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
When was Jaya Restaurant last inspected?
Jaya Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to July 15, 2022, averaging 12 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 18, 2025 | Grade A | 8 pts |
| April 17, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 30, 2022 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| July 15, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
Jaya Restaurant vs Washington Heights South
Washington Heights South runs 75% clean across 208 tracked restaurants — 137 clean, 12 mid, 33 cooked.
Against the 208 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights South, this one comes out cleaner than 77% 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 June 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.