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Lichee Nut
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMarch 10, 2025
- address162 Montague Street, Brooklyn 11201
- cuisineChinese
- phone7185225565
Is Lichee Nut clean?
Lichee Nut is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on March 10, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lichee Nut?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 10, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️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.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
When was Lichee Nut last inspected?
Lichee Nut has 7 inspections on record going back to September 7, 2022, averaging 26 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 10, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| October 29, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 7 pts |
| October 27, 2024 | closed by the city | 85 pts |
| August 28, 2023 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| March 9, 2023 | Grade C | 40 pts |
| February 21, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| September 7, 2022 | Grade A | 0 pts |
Lichee Nut vs Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill
Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill runs 82% clean across 135 tracked restaurants — 102 clean, 8 mid, 14 cooked.
Against the 135 spots Cooked tracks in Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill, this one comes out cleaner than 42% 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 March 10, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.