POLLO TROPICAL 236

7401 W 4 AVE, HIALEAH, Miami-Dade County. DBPR licence 2335217. 11 inspection visits from 2023-07-17 to 2026-09-28.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-28: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

2 of 8routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Miami-Dade County average that year (5 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2025-03-11)

2inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Miami-Dade 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
2026-09-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.12	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-02-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.13	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-09-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	1.13	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-05-30	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-03-12	Follow-up visit	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	0
2025-03-11	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	2	0	3	0.86	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2)
2025-01-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	0	0.86	2 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature
2024-09-13	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0		1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2024-08-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.86	1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-01-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	1.07	3 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	1.07	1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature

The food: where these dishes come from

Pollo Tropical is known for citrus-marinated grilled chicken (mojo). The stories are about the dishes, not the brand, and live on PlateTales.

This is a Pollo Tropical location. How Pollo Tropical's 132 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.