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SAMSAEN RESTAURANT
480 9 AVENUE Manhattan NY 10018
Health Inspection: violations
Score: 26
Official health department data. Inspected 2025-08-28; refreshed 2026-10-11. May lag the official record. Check the official source
6 findings at the latest imported inspection (2025-08-28), including 5 critical violations. These dated findings do not mean the establishment failed overall or that issues remain unresolved.
Inspection history and recorded findings
2025-08-28: Pre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection
Score: 26. Violations were cited in the following area(s).
- Critical: 04A — Food Protection Certificate (FPC) not held by manager or supervisor of food operations.
- Critical: 04L — Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
- Critical: 04M — Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
- Critical: 04N — 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: 06D — Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
- Not Critical: 08A — Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
Inspection results are separate from diner opinions. Favorable overall ratings do not negate individual findings.
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