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Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedAugust 5, 2025
- address23 Pell Street, Manhattan 10013
- cuisineChinese
- phone2129664033
Is Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle clean?
Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 5, 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 Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 5, 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.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle last inspected?
Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle has 4 inspections on record going back to June 12, 2023, averaging 18 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 5, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| December 19, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| June 27, 2023 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| June 12, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 39 pts |
Mei Lai Wah Wonton Noodle vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 26% 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 August 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.