What The Falafel

• gradeGrade A
• inspection score10 pts
• critical violations0
• last inspectedDecember 23, 2025
• address124 Macdougal Street, Manhattan 10012
• cuisineMiddle Eastern
• phone6464484778

Is What The Falafel clean?

What The Falafel is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on December 23, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at What The Falafel?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on December 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚿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.
• 🧫food contact surfaces dirty
  Design, construction, materials used or maintenance of food contact surface improper. Surface not easily cleanable, sanitized and maintained.
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Swollen, leaking, rusted or otherwise damaged canned food to be returned to distributor not segregated from intact product and clearly labeled DO NOT USE
• 🍽️dishwashing setup off
  Single service article not provided. Single service article reused or not protected from contamination when transported, stored, dispensed. Drinking straws not completely enclosed in wrapper or dispensed from a sanitary device.
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.

When was What The Falafel last inspected?

What The Falafel has 1 inspection on record going back to December 23, 2025, averaging 10 points.

What The Falafel vs West Village

West Village runs 81% clean across 1,012 tracked restaurants — 722 clean, 48 mid, 117 cooked.

Against the 1,012 spots Cooked tracks in West Village, this one comes out cleaner than 70% 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 December 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.