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Pil Pil
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 30, 2025
- address265 East 78 Street, Manhattan 10075
- cuisineTapas
- phone2129883788
Is Pil Pil clean?
Pil Pil is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on June 30, 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 Pil Pil?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 30, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was Pil Pil last inspected?
Pil Pil has 2 inspections on record going back to January 7, 2023, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| January 7, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 49 pts |
Pil Pil vs Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island
Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island runs 80% clean across 316 tracked restaurants — 229 clean, 16 mid, 43 cooked.
Against the 316 spots Cooked tracks in Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island, this one comes out cleaner than 27% 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 June 30, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.