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Tikka Indian Grill
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score7 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedSeptember 17, 2025
- address119-30 Metropolitan Avenue, Queens 11415
- cuisineIndian
- phone7184801307
Is Tikka Indian Grill clean?
Tikka Indian Grill is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 17, 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 Tikka Indian Grill?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Current letter grade or Grade Pending card not postedCurrent letter grade or Grade Pending card not posted
- 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcriticalFood, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
- 🚿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.
When was Tikka Indian Grill last inspected?
Tikka Indian Grill has 7 inspections on record going back to October 3, 2022, averaging 32 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 17, 2025 | Grade A | 7 pts |
| February 3, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 34 pts |
| May 25, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 28 pts |
| May 10, 2023 | Grade B | 46 pts |
| April 27, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 73 pts |
| December 19, 2022 | Grade B | 19 pts |
| October 3, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 17 pts |
Tikka Indian Grill vs Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens runs 83% clean across 50 tracked restaurants — 39 clean, 4 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 50 spots Cooked tracks in Kew Gardens, this one comes out cleaner than 74% 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 September 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.