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King Dumplings
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedOctober 2, 2025
- address74 Hester Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineChinese
- phone9172511249
Is King Dumplings clean?
King Dumplings is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 2, 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 King Dumplings?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueThawing procedure improper.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was King Dumplings last inspected?
King Dumplings has 5 inspections on record going back to December 5, 2022, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 2, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| April 8, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 12 pts |
| May 7, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| December 15, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 20 pts |
| December 5, 2022 | Grade B | 20 pts |
King Dumplings 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 51% 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 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.