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Kiku Asian Bistro
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 22, 2025
- address2 Lincoln Place, Brooklyn 11217
- cuisineJapanese
- phone7186383366
Is Kiku Asian Bistro clean?
Kiku Asian Bistro is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 22, 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 Kiku Asian Bistro?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 22, 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.
- 🍽️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.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Kiku Asian Bistro last inspected?
Kiku Asian Bistro has 4 inspections on record going back to September 18, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| August 27, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| October 5, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 18, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
Kiku Asian Bistro vs Park Slope-Gowanus
Park Slope-Gowanus runs 85% clean across 512 tracked restaurants — 397 clean, 24 mid, 44 cooked.
Against the 512 spots Cooked tracks in Park Slope-Gowanus, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 October 22, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.