Panda Express

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score12 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 8, 2026 →
• address835 3 Avenue, Manhattan 10022
• cuisineChinese
• phone2123552821

Is Panda Express clean?

Panda Express is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 8, 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 Panda Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
  Roaches were cited at this visit · September 8, 2026.
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.

When was Panda Express last inspected?

Panda Express has 7 inspections on record going back to July 20, 2022, averaging 16 points.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

Panda Express vs Turtle Bay-East Midtown

Turtle Bay-East Midtown runs 82% clean across 629 tracked restaurants — 455 clean, 30 mid, 67 cooked.

Against the 629 spots Cooked tracks in Turtle Bay-East Midtown, this one comes out cleaner than 41% 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 September 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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