Pho Best Iii

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations2
• last inspectedOctober 27, 2025 →
• address83-02 Broadway, Queens 11373
• cuisineSoutheast Asian
• phone7183968008

Is Pho Best Iii clean?

Pho Best Iii is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on October 27, 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 Pho Best Iii?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 27, 2025, 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.
• 🚿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.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

When was Pho Best Iii last inspected?

Pho Best Iii has 5 inspections on record going back to November 21, 2022, averaging 28 points.

Pho Best Iii vs Elmhurst-Maspeth

Elmhurst-Maspeth runs 60% clean across 75 tracked restaurants — 42 clean, 10 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 75 spots Cooked tracks in Elmhurst-Maspeth, this one comes out cleaner than 40% 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 October 27, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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