Restaurant health inspection grades in New Jersey
GradeLocal lists 5,359 New Jersey restaurants. Their average score is 94.3, an A. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.
Who inspects restaurants in New Jersey
Camden, Monmouth and Sussex county health departments. Results are Satisfactory, Conditionally Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.
Coverage: Camden, Monmouth and Sussex, 3 of 21 counties. All sources
What New Jersey publishes
The agencies behind our New Jersey listings publish pass or fail results. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every New Jersey score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How GradeLocal grades New Jersey restaurants
For pass or fail results, a pass is an A, a pass with conditions or a required reinspection is a C, and a fail or a closure is a D.
Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.
There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.
How grades work has the full rules.
| Official result | Letter | Listings |
|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | A | 5,210 |
| Conditionally Satisfactory | C | 140 |
| Unsatisfactory | D | 9 |
How New Jersey restaurants grade
The latest grade for each of the 5,359 listings.
Inspection dates in our New Jersey data run from Jan 3, 2024 to Oct 13, 2026. 3,940 of the 5,359 listings (73.5%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.
Top-rated places in New Jersey
Every A-grade place in our New Jersey data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.
- AB2 BistroRed BankGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 13, 2026
- AGrand Cascade LodgeHamburgGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 13, 2026
- AJust PlayWest Long BranchGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 13, 2026
- AKindercareMiddletown TownshipGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 13, 2026
- ARed Bank Armory Ice ComplexRed BankGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 13, 2026
- AUsagi Sushi, Hibachi & RamenOcean TownshipGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 13, 2026
- ACafe E DolciFranklinGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
- AChen's BistroOcean TownshipGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
- ANonna Vita TrattoriaHamburgGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
- ATurning PointOcean TownshipGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 9, 2026
A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.
Counties in New Jersey
Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.
| County | Restaurants | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Camden County | 2,403 | 94.1 · A |
| Monmouth County | 2,316 | 94.4 · A |
| Sussex County | 640 | 94.7 · A |
Questions about New Jersey grades
Who inspects restaurants in New Jersey?
Camden, Monmouth and Sussex county health departments. Results are Satisfactory, Conditionally Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.
What does New Jersey publish: a score, a letter or something else?
The agencies behind our New Jersey listings publish pass or fail results. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every New Jersey score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.
How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in New Jersey?
For pass or fail results, a pass is an A, a pass with conditions or a required reinspection is a C, and a fail or a closure is a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.
How many New Jersey restaurants are on GradeLocal?
5,359 restaurants in 3 counties. The average score is 94.3, an A. 97.2% have an A.
How current are the New Jersey grades?
Inspection dates in our New Jersey data run from Jan 3, 2024 to Oct 13, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.