Sweet Bamboo

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 29, 2025 →
• address146-12 Hillside Avenue, Queens 11435
• cuisineChinese
• phone6467072334

Is Sweet Bamboo clean?

Sweet Bamboo is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 29, 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 Sweet Bamboo?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 29, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
• 🐀rats have moved incritical
  Evidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

When was Sweet Bamboo last inspected?

Sweet Bamboo has 5 inspections on record going back to June 29, 2023, averaging 22 points.

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Against the 233 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.

Read the New York ratings guide →

Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

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 September 29, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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