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Panda Chinese Restaurant
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedDecember 15, 2025
- address3218 3Rd Ave, Bronx 10451
- cuisineChinese
- phone6463715702
Is Panda Chinese Restaurant clean?
Panda Chinese Restaurant is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 15, 2025. 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 Panda Chinese Restaurant?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 15, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
- 🌡️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.
- 🧫equipment / surface issueWash hands sign not posted near or above hand washing sink.
- 🧫food contact surfaces dirtyDesign, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
When was Panda Chinese Restaurant last inspected?
Panda Chinese Restaurant has 1 inspection on record going back to December 15, 2025, averaging 13 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| December 15, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
Panda Chinese Restaurant vs Morrisania-Melrose
Morrisania-Melrose runs 82% clean across 48 tracked restaurants — 37 clean, 2 mid, 6 cooked.
Against the 48 spots Cooked tracks in Morrisania-Melrose, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 December 15, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.