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The Hamilton
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score10 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedNovember 13, 2025
- address998 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan 10025
- cuisineAmerican
- phone9176137264
Is The Hamilton clean?
The Hamilton is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on November 13, 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 The Hamilton?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 13, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐀rats have moved incriticalEvidence of rats or live rats in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pestsEstablishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
When was The Hamilton last inspected?
The Hamilton has 3 inspections on record going back to December 11, 2022, averaging 7 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 13, 2025 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| June 5, 2024 | Grade A | 10 pts |
| December 11, 2022 | Grade A | 2 pts |
The Hamilton vs Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights runs 77% clean across 196 tracked restaurants — 131 clean, 13 mid, 27 cooked.
Against the 196 spots Cooked tracks in Morningside Heights, this one comes out cleaner than 61% of them.
Other spots in Morningside Heights
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 13, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.