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Kuu
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 3, 2025
- address1275 1 Avenue, Manhattan 10065
- cuisineJapanese
- phone6468385828
Is Kuu clean?
Kuu is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 3, 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 Kuu?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not postedCurrent letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
When was Kuu last inspected?
Kuu has 4 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2022, averaging 24 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 3, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| April 2, 2024 | Grade C | 34 pts |
| May 2, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 22 pts |
| November 16, 2022 | Grade C | 30 pts |
Kuu vs Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island runs 80% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 16 mid, 43 cooked.
Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, this one comes out cleaner than 69% 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 April 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.