The Royal Diner

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score20 pts
• critical violations3
• last inspectedJuly 9, 2025 →
• address7609 5 Avenue, Brooklyn 11209
• cuisineAmerican
• phone7187453444

Is The Royal Diner clean?

The Royal Diner is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on July 9, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 3 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Royal Diner?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 9, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
• 🌡️fridge is giving… room tempcritical
  Cold TCS food item held above 41 °F; smoked or processed fish held above 38 °F; intact raw eggs held above 45 °F; or reduced oxygen packaged (ROP) TCS foods held above required temperatures except during active necessary preparation.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🪰flies in the housecritical
  Filth 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.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.

When was The Royal Diner last inspected?

The Royal Diner has 5 inspections on record going back to September 21, 2023, averaging 30 points.

The Royal Diner vs Bay Ridge

Bay Ridge runs 78% clean across 364 tracked restaurants — 250 clean, 19 mid, 50 cooked.

Against the 364 spots Cooked tracks in Bay Ridge, this one comes out cleaner than 19% 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.

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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 July 9, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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