Lian Hua Chinese Kitchen
222 Elmira Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 6 of 7 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Oct 29, 2026: passed with no violations. That was a follow-up after failing on Oct 14, 2026.
- Keeps coming up: Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked), cited 2 times.
- 3 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 7 visits
- 2026
- Passed Oct 29
Re-Inspection
No violations
- Failed Oct 14
Inspection
4 violations, 3 critical
- Critical Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate potentially hazardous food temperatures during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.
- Critical Potentially hazardous foods are not stored under refrigeration except during necessary preparation or approved precooling procedures (room temperature storage).
- Critical Potentially hazardous foods are not kept at or below 45°F during cold holding, except smoked fish not kept at or below 38°F during cold holding.
- Minor Food not protected during storage, preparation, display, transportation and service, from potential sources of contamination (e.g., food uncovered, mislabeled, stored on floor, missing or inadequate sneeze guards, food containers double stacked)
- Passed Jan 22
Inspection
1 violation
- Minor Accurate thermometers not available or used to evaluate refrigerated or heated storage temperatures
- 2025
- Perfect Jul 16
Inspection
No violations
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