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Orchid Tea Cafe
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedApril 2, 2025
- address4618 8 Avenue, Brooklyn 11220
- cuisineChinese
- phone9173026883
Is Orchid Tea Cafe clean?
Orchid Tea Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Orchid Tea Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧻grimy wiping clothscriticalWiping cloths not stored clean and dry, or in a sanitizing solution, between uses.
- 🧼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.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-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.
When was Orchid Tea Cafe last inspected?
Orchid Tea Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to May 2, 2023, averaging 28 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| July 2, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| June 26, 2024 | closed by the city | 57 pts |
| June 7, 2023 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| May 9, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 2 pts |
| May 2, 2023 | closed by the city | 79 pts |
Orchid Tea Cafe vs Sunset Park East
Sunset Park East runs 73% clean across 361 tracked restaurants — 238 clean, 35 mid, 53 cooked.
Against the 361 spots Cooked tracks in Sunset Park East, this one comes out cleaner than 27% of them.
Other spots in Sunset Park East
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 April 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.