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Grade BThai

Zaab Zaab

88 ESSEX STREET, Manhattan, 10002

Should you eat here?

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

Last inspected Sep 23, 2025 · New York City health department

What the inspector found on Sep 23, 2025

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

    Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.

    Critical

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

    Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.

    Critical

  • Raw and ready-to-eat foods were not kept separate, risking contamination.

    Food, 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.

    Critical

Inspection history

DateResultTypeViolations
Sep 23, 2025Grade BCycle Inspection / Re-inspection3 (3 critical)
May 7, 2025Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection3 (2 critical)
Apr 24, 2024Grade ACycle Inspection / Re-inspection4 (1 critical)
Oct 16, 2023Grade PendingCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection7 (6 critical)

Problems that keep coming back

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

  • 4×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 3×Signs of pests (like mice, rats, roaches, or flies) or conditions that could attract them.
  • 2×An issue with how food is prepared, protected, or handled during service.
  • 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.

  • 16 rodent inspections on record, none finding rat activity.
  • 15 recent 311 complaints filed at this address.

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