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The Best Sichuan
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score13 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedNovember 25, 2025
- address7 East 47 Street, Manhattan 10017
- cuisineChinese
- phone6466697338
Is The Best Sichuan clean?
The Best Sichuan is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 25, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Best Sichuan?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 25, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
- 🚿plumbing acting upAnti-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.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🪰flies in the housecriticalFilth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
When was The Best Sichuan last inspected?
The Best Sichuan has 5 inspections on record going back to April 17, 2025, averaging 43 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2025 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| June 30, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
| April 23, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 0 pts |
| April 21, 2025 | closed by the city | 106 pts |
| April 17, 2025 | closed by the city | 77 pts |
The Best Sichuan 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 16% of them.
Other spots in Midtown-Midtown South
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 November 25, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.