Nerai

• gradeGrade pending
• grade postedJune 7, 2023
• inspection score40 pts
• critical violations5
• last inspectedOctober 20, 2026 →
• address55 East 54 Street, Manhattan 10022
• cuisineHaute Cuisine
• phone2127595554

Is Nerai clean?

New York currently lists Nerai as grade pending, following an inspection on October 20, 2026 that scored 40 points. The city has not posted a letter yet, and it will not until a re-inspection settles it. The last grade it ever posted here was A on June 7, 2023.

What did inspectors find at Nerai?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 20, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🚿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.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
• 🔪cross-contamination riskcritical
  Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
  Roaches were cited at this visit · October 20, 2026.
• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.

When was Nerai last inspected?

Nerai has 3 inspections on record going back to June 1, 2022, averaging 20 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

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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 October 20, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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