Joe's Steam Rice Roll

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2025 →
• address422 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10024
• cuisineChinese
• phone3473796961

Is Joe's Steam Rice Roll clean?

Joe's Steam Rice Roll is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 20, 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 Joe's Steam Rice Roll?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️facility / equipment issue
  Mechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Joe's Steam Rice Roll last inspected?

Joe's Steam Rice Roll has 3 inspections on record going back to March 16, 2023, averaging 15 points.

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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 August 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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