La Isla

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedJanuary 14, 2025
• inspection score24 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedSeptember 29, 2026 →
• address1883 Third Avenue, Manhattan 10029
• cuisineLatin American
• phone2125340002

Is La Isla clean?

New York currently lists La Isla as grade pending, following an inspection on September 29, 2026 that scored 24 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on January 14, 2025.

What did inspectors find at La Isla?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth 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.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
  Roaches were cited at this visit · September 29, 2026.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was La Isla last inspected?

La Isla has 5 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2023, averaging 18 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

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East Harlem South runs 72% clean across 158 tracked restaurants — 103 clean, 16 mid, 24 cooked.

Against the 158 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem South, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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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 September 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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