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Motin Sweets And Masala
- gradeGrade B ⏳
- inspection score21 pts
- critical violations4
- last inspectedJanuary 16, 2026
- address153-33 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11432
- cuisineBangladeshi
- phone3476051981
Is Motin Sweets And Masala clean?
Motin Sweets And Masala is currently Grade B ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 16, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 4 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Motin Sweets And Masala?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼staff skipping handwashingcriticalPersonal cleanliness is inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Effective hair restraint not worn where required. Jewelry worn on hands or arms. Fingernail polish worn or fingernails not kept clean and trimmed.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🪳roaches are dining toocriticalLive roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
When was Motin Sweets And Masala last inspected?
Motin Sweets And Masala has 3 inspections on record going back to December 17, 2025, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 26, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
| January 16, 2026 | Grade B | 21 pts |
| December 17, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 18 pts |
Motin Sweets And Masala vs Briarwood-Jamaica Hills
Briarwood-Jamaica Hills runs 71% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 48 clean, 5 mid, 15 cooked.
Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in Briarwood-Jamaica Hills, 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 January 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.