Luke's Lobster

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMay 15, 2025 →
• address685 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10017
• cuisineSeafood
• phone6466570066

Is Luke's Lobster clean?

Luke's Lobster is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Luke's Lobster?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🚿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.

When was Luke's Lobster last inspected?

Luke's Lobster has 4 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2022, averaging 20 points.

Luke's Lobster vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown

Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 84% clean across 620 tracked restaurants — 460 clean, 31 mid, 56 cooked.

Against the 620 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 May 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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