Cooked?Oriental Palace
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score15 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedMay 20, 2025 →
- address1728 Madison Avenue, Manhattan 10029
- cuisineChinese
- phone2125346087
Is Oriental Palace clean?
Oriental Palace is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on May 20, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Oriental Palace?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 20, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, 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.
- 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcriticalCold 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 Oriental Palace last inspected?
Oriental Palace has 3 inspections on record going back to February 27, 2025, averaging 22 points.
February 9, 2026 No violations were recorded at the time of this inspection.
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View full inspection →May 20, 2025 B
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View full inspection →February 27, 2025 Score 29
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View full inspection →Oriental Palace vs East Harlem North
East Harlem North runs 82% clean across 187 tracked restaurants — 135 clean, 7 mid, 23 cooked.
Against the 187 spots Cooked tracks in East Harlem North, 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.
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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 May 20, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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