Merryland Buffet

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedAugust 20, 2025 →
• address2496 Elm Place, Bronx 10458
• cuisineChinese
• phone7182208588

Is Merryland Buffet clean?

Merryland Buffet is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on August 20, 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 Merryland Buffet?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.

When was Merryland Buffet last inspected?

Merryland Buffet has 3 inspections on record going back to August 28, 2023, averaging 21 points.

Merryland Buffet vs Bedford Park-Fordham North

Bedford Park-Fordham North runs 76% clean across 102 tracked restaurants — 73 clean, 7 mid, 16 cooked.

Against the 102 spots Cooked tracks in Bedford Park-Fordham North, this one comes out cleaner than 53% 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 August 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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