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Pei Wei

Pei Wei's Florida stores average -0.10 high-priority violations per routine inspection relative to their county baseline (95% interval -0.33 to +0.14), below the county baseline. Rank 9 of 9 other quick-service brands, counted from furthest below the baseline.

-0.10vs county baseline, 95% interval -0.33 to +0.14
1.12 vs 1.22raw high-priority violations per routine inspection vs the baseline its stores face
34stores in 15 counties, 160 routine inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26

The food: where these dishes come from

Pei Wei is known for kung pao chicken and lo mein. The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

By fiscal year

0-0.32+0.35FY2016-17: 0.27 (n = 66)16-17FY2017-18: 0.35 (n = 56)17-18FY2018-19: 0.24 (n = 51)18-19FY2019-20: 0.17 (n = 50)19-20FY2020-21: -0.15 (n = 42)20-21FY2021-22: 0.10 (n = 45)21-22FY2022-23: -0.14 (n = 53)22-23FY2023-24: -0.32 (n = 54)23-24FY2024-25: 0.09 (n = 54)24-25FY2025-26: -0.06 (n = 52)25-26FY2026-27: -0.24 (n = 22) partial year26-27*

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, Pei Wei vs all Florida inspections, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26 (n = 160). Descriptions are DBPR's.
CodeDBPR descriptionPei WeiFloridaRatio
36Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved47.539.91.19x
31Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed46.942.01.12x
08Food protection, cross-contamination44.448.10.92x
22Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean43.143.60.99x
03Food Out of Temperature41.935.01.20x

Outcomes

19.4% vs 19.6%routine inspections that needed a callback visit, vs all Florida (raw)
1.87% vs 1.01%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, vs all Florida (raw)
62%of 32 stores with 2+ inspections score below their county baseline after shrinkage toward the brand mean

Emergency closures

2 closures of Pei Wei stores in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06); latest 2 shown. Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedCityCountyReason (DBPR)
2026-07-07OcalaMarionRodent activity
2026-02-03MiamiMiami-DadeRoach activity

Other other quick-service brands

Ranked other quick-service brands, FY2023-24 to FY2025-26.
RankBrandvs county95% intervalStores
1Playa Bowls-0.80-0.97 to -0.6236
2Cold Stone Creamery-0.74-0.84 to -0.64100
3Tropical Smoothie Cafe-0.56-0.64 to -0.46216
4Panda Express-0.51-0.61 to -0.40117
5Dairy Queen-0.49-0.60 to -0.37114
6Cava-0.41-0.60 to -0.1831
7Mission BBQ-0.29-0.50 to -0.0731
8Captain D's-0.25-0.41 to -0.0735
9Pei Wei-0.10-0.33 to +0.1434
Look up a single Pei Wei location

Store-level matching: a store counts for Pei Wei 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.