NYC Sniffer

Every kitchen in NYC. Every inspection. Zero secrets. Type a restaurant, get the verdict — the grade, the rodent record, the shutdowns — before your group chat orders.

NYC Sniffer reads the city's restaurant inspection records so you don't have to.

Type any restaurant in the five boroughs and get the verdict in seconds: the posted letter grade, the full inspection history, the rodent record, and whether the Health Department has ever shut the place down mid-service. All of it from official city records, decoded into plain English.

THE DOG SCORE Every spot gets a 0–100 Dog Score — our own read of a kitchen's food-safety record. It weighs the city's inspection scores (the real ones, from full inspections — not the victory lap after a cleanup), vermin evidence and how recent it is, critical food-safety violations, and closures. What it never counts: fines, paperwork, or administrative noise. Dirty means dirty, not "behind on filings." The letter grades shown are the city's own; the Dog Score is ours, and we show our work.

RAT CHECK Mice, rats, roaches, flies — tallied from the actual inspection findings, with the last sighting dated. Clean spots get their flowers too: "Zero rodent evidence" is a flex worth sharing.

THE RECEIPTS Every inspection, itemized like a register receipt: what was found, what was critical, what it scored. No summaries hiding the good stuff.

HEAD TO HEAD Two restaurants walk in. One verdict walks out. Settle the date-night debate with a side-by-side matchup — and share the fight card.

LEADERBOARDS "Cleanest near you" and the "Hall of Shame," ranked by Dog Score from your corner of the city. Shame is earned: only spots with recent scored inspections make the board.

SHARE THE VERDICT Story-ready verdict cards built for the group chat. The receipts speak for themselves.

NO ACCOUNTS. NO TRACKING. No sign-up, no ads, no analytics, no data collected. Your saved spots live on your phone. Location is optional and only used to search near you.

NYC Sniffer is built by DailyDog and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the City of New York or any city agency. Inspection data comes from official city records via the DailyDog API (dailydog.ai) and may lag the city's most recent activity.

Sniff before you sit down.