RED LOBSTER #0447

803 S UNIVERSITY DR, PLANTATION, Broward County. DBPR licence 1613706. 12 inspection visits from 2024-02-08 to 2026-11-09.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-11-09: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

1 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Broward County average that year (3 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

4inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Broward County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-11-09	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-09-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	2	1.48	4 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-06-11	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1		2 areas 01 Approved source 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-03-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	1.25	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-12-02	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.25	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-06-11	Complaint inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	2	1	6		8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-02-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2	1.22	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-10-29	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-10-28	Complaint follow-up	More time given DBPR: Call Back - Extension given, pending	0	1	0		1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-08-27	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	2		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2024-04-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.26	2 areas 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-02-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	3	1.26	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed

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A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.