Privilege Restaurant & Lounge

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 26, 2025
• address184-35 Jamaica Avenue, Queens 11423
• cuisineCaribbean
• phone7184139994

Is Privilege Restaurant & Lounge clean?

Privilege Restaurant & Lounge is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 26, 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 Privilege Restaurant & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 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.
• 🚿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.
• 🪳roaches are dining toocritical
  Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Non-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.

When was Privilege Restaurant & Lounge last inspected?

Privilege Restaurant & Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Privilege Restaurant & Lounge vs Jamaica

Jamaica runs 76% clean across 229 tracked restaurants — 154 clean, 17 mid, 32 cooked.

Against the 229 spots Cooked tracks in Jamaica, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 February 26, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.