Maxim Garden

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 18, 2025 →
• address138-61 Queens Boulevard, Queens 11435
• cuisineChinese
• phone7186579417

Is Maxim Garden clean?

Maxim Garden is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 18, 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 Maxim Garden?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Maxim Garden last inspected?

Maxim Garden has 3 inspections on record going back to May 15, 2024, averaging 13 points.

Maxim Garden vs Briarwood-Jamaica Hills

Briarwood-Jamaica Hills runs 72% clean across 77 tracked restaurants — 49 clean, 6 mid, 13 cooked.

Against the 77 spots Cooked tracks in Briarwood-Jamaica Hills, this one comes out cleaner than 56% 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 November 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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