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Ramen Goku
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score9 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedFebruary 18, 2025
- address435 Park Avenue South, Manhattan 10016
- cuisineJapanese
- phone2126448900
Is Ramen Goku clean?
Ramen Goku is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on February 18, 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 Ramen Goku?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 18, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️facility / equipment issueMechanical or natural ventilation not provided, inadequate, improperly installed, in disrepair or fails to prevent and control excessive build-up of grease, heat, steam condensation, vapors, odors, smoke or fumes.
- 🔪cross-contamination riskcriticalRaw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
When was Ramen Goku last inspected?
Ramen Goku has 5 inspections on record going back to August 23, 2022, averaging 15 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 18, 2025 | Grade A | 9 pts |
| July 8, 2024 | no grade issued ⏳ | 29 pts |
| February 14, 2023 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| September 6, 2022 | Grade A | 0 pts |
| August 23, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 25 pts |
Ramen Goku vs Murray Hill-Kips Bay
Murray Hill-Kips Bay runs 79% clean across 372 tracked restaurants — 271 clean, 23 mid, 48 cooked.
Against the 372 spots Cooked tracks in Murray Hill-Kips Bay, this one comes out cleaner than 72% 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 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.