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London Tandoori
- gradeGrade C ⏳
- inspection score39 pts
- critical violations5
- last inspectedAugust 26, 2024
- address524 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn 11211
- cuisineIndian
- phone6467243983
Is London Tandoori clean?
London Tandoori is currently Grade C ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 26, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 5 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at London Tandoori?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 26, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼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.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- 🕳️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.
When was London Tandoori last inspected?
London Tandoori has 5 inspections on record going back to May 18, 2022, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 24 pts |
| August 26, 2024 | Grade C | 39 pts |
| April 17, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 16 pts |
| September 30, 2022 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| May 18, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
London Tandoori vs North Side-South Side
North Side-South Side runs 80% clean across 573 tracked restaurants — 390 clean, 25 mid, 72 cooked.
Against the 573 spots Cooked tracks in North Side-South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 4% of them.
Other spots in North Side-South Side
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 August 26, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.