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Zaab Zaab
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score21 pts
- critical violations3
- last inspectedSeptember 23, 2025
- address88 Essex Street, Manhattan 10002
- cuisineThai
- phone9172612555
Is Zaab Zaab clean?
Zaab Zaab is currently Grade B from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on September 23, 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 Zaab Zaab?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 23, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🐭they've got roommates (mice)criticalEvidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- 🍽️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.
- 📋no certified food supervisor on dutycriticalFood Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
When was Zaab Zaab last inspected?
Zaab Zaab has 4 inspections on record going back to October 16, 2023, averaging 31 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 23, 2025 | Grade B | 21 pts |
| May 7, 2025 | no grade issued ⏳ | 21 pts |
| April 24, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| October 16, 2023 | no grade issued ⏳ | 67 pts |
Zaab Zaab vs Chinatown
Chinatown runs 74% clean across 671 tracked restaurants — 443 clean, 46 mid, 106 cooked.
Against the 671 spots Cooked tracks in Chinatown, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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 23, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.