GOOD INFORMATION. BETTER PEACE OF MIND.Español · Always free. No signup required.
Restaurant
Health Inspections.org

Seafood · New York City, NY

Luke's Lobster

242 East 81 Street

Last inspected Dec 18, 2025 · View Map ↗ · Compare ↗

Read Reviews on Google

A Grade

Get the next inspection, free.

We'll email you when Luke's Lobster has a new health inspection. No spam, one-click unsubscribe.

No account needed. Unsubscribe at any time.

Own this restaurant? Add an inspection badge to your website · Inspection prep checklist

Repeat problemsSerious findings or closures appear in two or more of the last three inspections. Review the dated records below.

The full inspection history

2 inspections

Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection

Dec 18, 2025

A Grade

Official score: 10 · Understand this area’s scale

2 recorded violations

criticalCode 04LPests

Official wording

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

In plain English

The inspector found mice, rats, cockroaches, flies, or evidence of them (like droppings) inside the business, or conditions that could attract them. Pests can spread bacteria to food and surfaces, so this is treated as one of the more serious findings.

More about signs of rodents or insects
minorCode 08APests

Official wording

Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.

In plain English

The inspector found mice, rats, cockroaches, flies, or evidence of them (like droppings) inside the business, or conditions that could attract them. Pests can spread bacteria to food and surfaces, so this is treated as one of the more serious findings.

More about signs of rodents or insects

Official record from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Dec 18, 2025 · Original Source

Cycle Inspection / Initial Inspection

Aug 15, 2024

A Grade

Official score: 8 · Understand this area’s scale

2 recorded violations

minorCode 08BPests

Official wording

Garbage receptacle not pest or water resistant, with tight-fitting lids, and covered except while in active use. Garbage receptacle and cover not cleaned after emptying and prior to reuse. Garbage, refuse and other solid and liquid waste not collected, stored, removed and disposed of so as to prevent a nuisance.

In plain English

The inspector found mice, rats, cockroaches, flies, or evidence of them (like droppings) inside the business, or conditions that could attract them. Pests can spread bacteria to food and surfaces, so this is treated as one of the more serious findings.

More about signs of rodents or insects
criticalCode 04NPests

Official wording

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.

In plain English

The inspector found mice, rats, cockroaches, flies, or evidence of them (like droppings) inside the business, or conditions that could attract them. Pests can spread bacteria to food and surfaces, so this is treated as one of the more serious findings.

More about signs of rodents or insects

Official record from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Aug 15, 2024 · Original Source

More restaurants nearby

Violations cited

Eighteen

Manhattan · New York City, NY·Jewish/Kosher

Sep 24, 20268 recorded violations
A Grade

Hutch & Waldo Coffee

Manhattan · New York City, NY·Coffee/Tea

Oct 8, 20252 recorded violations
A Grade

Portable Provisions

Manhattan · New York City, NY·American

Apr 24, 20252 recorded violations
A Grade

787 Coffee

Manhattan · New York City, NY·Coffee/Tea

Dec 19, 20253 recorded violations