No. 1 China Garden Kitchen

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score26 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedOctober 15, 2025
• address1349 Edward L Grant Highway, Bronx 10452
• cuisineChinese
• phone7182935056

Is No. 1 China Garden Kitchen clean?

No. 1 China Garden Kitchen is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 15, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at No. 1 China Garden Kitchen?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️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.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
  Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.

When was No. 1 China Garden Kitchen last inspected?

No. 1 China Garden Kitchen has 6 inspections on record going back to May 16, 2024, averaging 27 points.

No. 1 China Garden Kitchen vs Highbridge

Highbridge runs 71% clean across 41 tracked restaurants — 25 clean, 4 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 41 spots Cooked tracks in Highbridge, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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 October 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.