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Sozai
- gradeGrade A ⏳
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedJuly 30, 2024
- address19 West 45 Street, Manhattan 10036
- cuisineJapanese
- phone9178532885
Is Sozai clean?
Sozai is currently Grade A ⏳ from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 30, 2024. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇. There is a newer inspection the city has not ruled on yet, so the posted grade still stands for now.
What did inspectors find at Sozai?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 30, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️food-temperature slipcriticalMeat, fish, molluscan shellfish, unpasteurized raw shell eggs, poultry or other TCS offered or served raw or undercooked and written notice not provided to consumer.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
When was Sozai last inspected?
Sozai has 2 inspections on record going back to July 30, 2024, averaging 29 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2026 | no grade issued ⏳ | 46 pts |
| July 30, 2024 | Grade A | 12 pts |
Sozai 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 30, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.