Southgate Restaurant, Jw Marriot Essex House

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJuly 28, 2025
• address160 Central Park South, Manhattan 10019
• cuisineAmerican
• phone2124845100

Is Southgate Restaurant, Jw Marriot Essex House clean?

Southgate Restaurant, Jw Marriot Essex House is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 28, 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 Southgate Restaurant, Jw Marriot Essex House?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 28, 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.
• 🛠️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.
• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.

When was Southgate Restaurant, Jw Marriot Essex House last inspected?

Southgate Restaurant, Jw Marriot Essex House has 3 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2023, averaging 28 points.

Southgate Restaurant, Jw Marriot Essex House vs Midtown-Midtown South

Midtown-Midtown South runs 84% clean across 2,257 tracked restaurants — 1,596 clean, 96 mid, 216 cooked.

Against the 2,257 spots Cooked tracks in Midtown-Midtown South, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 July 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.