Ocean View Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 7, 2026
• address290 Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn 11235
• cuisineEastern European
• phone7183321900

Is Ocean View Cafe clean?

Ocean View Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 7, 2026. 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 Ocean View Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 7, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🛠️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.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Ocean View Cafe last inspected?

Ocean View Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to June 13, 2023, averaging 20 points.

Ocean View Cafe vs Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach runs 69% clean across 79 tracked restaurants — 45 clean, 2 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 79 spots Cooked tracks in Brighton Beach, this one comes out cleaner than 49% 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 7, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.