Wa Jeal

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score13 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJanuary 2, 2025
• address1588 2 Avenue, Manhattan 10028
• cuisineChinese
• phone2123963339

Is Wa Jeal clean?

Wa Jeal is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on January 2, 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 Wa Jeal?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 2, 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.
• ⚠️Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
  Contract with a pest management professional not in place. Record of extermination activities not kept on premises.
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Anti-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 Wa Jeal last inspected?

Wa Jeal has 4 inspections on record going back to April 5, 2022, averaging 19 points.

Wa Jeal vs Yorkville

Yorkville runs 83% clean across 240 tracked restaurants — 186 clean, 12 mid, 27 cooked.

Against the 240 spots Cooked tracks in Yorkville, this one comes out cleaner than 24% 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 January 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.