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Lucky Cat
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 13, 2025
- address232 East 53 Street, Manhattan 10022
- cuisineJapanese
- phone2128385333
Is Lucky Cat clean?
Lucky Cat is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 13, 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 Lucky Cat?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcriticalFood contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- 🍴utensils stored sketchycriticalSanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
When was Lucky Cat last inspected?
Lucky Cat has 6 inspections on record going back to June 22, 2023, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| February 20, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| July 19, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 6 pts |
| June 28, 2023 | closed by the city | 11 pts |
| June 27, 2023 | closed by the city | 14 pts |
| June 22, 2023 | closed by the city | 55 pts |
Lucky Cat vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown
Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 83% clean across 605 tracked restaurants — 448 clean, 33 mid, 60 cooked.
Against the 605 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 November 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.