IHOP

IHOP's Florida stores average +0.31 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval +0.15 to +0.48), above the county baseline. Rank 7 of 9 breakfast and family brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

+0.31vs county baseline, 95% interval +0.15 to +0.48

1.45 vs 1.14raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face

84stores in 31 counties, 445 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

IHOP is known for pancakes. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

Relative to the county baseline, first visits of routine inspections. Open circle and * = fiscal year in progress (data as of 2026-11-09). Hover a point for n.

Most-cited violation codes

Citations per 100 routine inspections, IHOP vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 445). Descriptions are DBPR's.
Code	DBPR description	IHOP	Florida	Ratio
36	Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved	65.2	39.9	1.63x
22	Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean	60.2	43.6	1.38x
03	Food Out of Temperature	51.7	35.0	1.48x
14	Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located	47.0	46.9	1.00x
23	Non-food contact surfaces clean	42.0	23.6	1.78x

Outcomes

20.9% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)

0.45% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)

21%of 82 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of IHOP stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
Closed	City	County	Reason (DBPR)
2026-11-06	Delray Beach	Palm Beach	Roach activity
2026-09-10	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach	Sewage back up

Other breakfast and family brands

Ranked breakfast and family brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
Rank	Brand	vs county	95% interval	Stores
1	First Watch	-0.27	-0.36 to -0.17	143
2	Cracker Barrel	+0.14	-0.05 to +0.34	60
3	Bob Evans	+0.17	-0.01 to +0.37	38
4	Waffle House	+0.21	+0.10 to +0.31	191
5	Denny's	+0.25	+0.12 to +0.39	123
6	Golden Corral	+0.29	-0.04 to +0.63	32
7	IHOP	+0.31	+0.15 to +0.48	84
8	Perkins	+0.79	+0.48 to +1.11	30
9	Keke's Breakfast Cafe	+0.79	+0.53 to +1.06	68

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IHOP elsewhere

IHOP franchise costs and FDD: FranchiseLens Where IHOP locates: PlazaLens

Store-level matching: a store counts for IHOP when its DBPR business name matches the reviewed aliases in InspectLens's brand list. Co-branded units (for example KFC with Taco Bell) are not counted for either brand.