Grade BChinese

Lily's

31 OLIVER STREET, Manhattan, 10038

Should you eat here?

Caution — pest-related violations found across multiple inspections, including the latest (10 months ago).

Last inspected Sep 10, 2025 · New York City health department

What the inspector found on Sep 10, 2025

  • Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.

    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.

    Critical
  • An issue with how food is prepared, protected, or handled during service.

    Food, prohibited, from unapproved or unknown source, home canned or home prepared. Animal slaughtered, butchered or dressed (eviscerated, skinned) in establishment. Reduced Oxygen Packaged (ROP) fish not frozen before processing. ROP food prepared on premises transported to another site.

    Critical

Inspection history

DateResultTypeViolations
Sep 10, 2025Grade BCycle Inspection / Re-inspection2 (2 critical)
Jun 17, 2025Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection7 (6 critical)
Oct 10, 2023Grade PendingPre-permit (Non-operational) / Initial Inspection5 (2 critical)

Problems that keep coming back

Issues cited at more than one inspection — a better signal than any single visit.

  • 2×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 2×Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.

Around this address

City records for the building itself, not this restaurant’s inspection.

  • 28 rodent inspections on record, 5 finding rat activity.

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