Parlay Cafe

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score11 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 21, 2025
• address1780 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10031
• cuisineMiddle Eastern
• phone6468820179

Is Parlay Cafe clean?

Parlay Cafe is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 21, 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 Parlay Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 21, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• ⚠️Failure to make a good faith effort to inform smokers or electronic cigarette users of Smoke-Free Air Act ("SFAA") prohibitions
  Failure to make a good faith effort to inform smokers or electronic cigarette users of Smoke-Free Air Act ("SFAA") prohibitions
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
• ⚠️Original label for smoking products sold or offered for sale.
  Original label for smoking products sold or offered for sale.
• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Food, 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.

When was Parlay Cafe last inspected?

Parlay Cafe has 2 inspections on record going back to May 8, 2024, averaging 12 points.

Parlay Cafe vs Hamilton Heights

Hamilton Heights runs 69% clean across 128 tracked restaurants — 82 clean, 10 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 128 spots Cooked tracks in Hamilton Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 57% 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 November 21, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.