Lobster Steakhouse Restaurant

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedOctober 24, 2023
• inspection score29 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedJune 15, 2026 →
• address701 West 179 Street, Manhattan 10033
• cuisineLatin American
• phone6469344029

Is Lobster Steakhouse Restaurant clean?

New York currently lists Lobster Steakhouse Restaurant as grade pending, following an inspection on June 15, 2026 that scored 29 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 October 24, 2023.

What did inspectors find at Lobster Steakhouse Restaurant?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🪰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.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🧼staff skipping handwashingcritical
  Personal 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 Lobster Steakhouse Restaurant last inspected?

Lobster Steakhouse Restaurant has 4 inspections on record going back to July 3, 2023, averaging 23 points.

Lobster Steakhouse Restaurant vs Washington Heights South

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Against the 211 spots Cooked tracks in Washington Heights South, this one comes out cleaner than 5% 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 June 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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