RED LOBSTER #0696

2328 COMMERCIAL WAY, SPRING HILL, Hernando County. DBPR licence 3700723. 9 inspection visits from 2023-11-09 to 2026-08-25.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-25: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hernando County average that year (4 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Hernando 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
2026-08-25	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-08-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	0.47	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-05-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.57	1 area 03 Food Out of Temperature
2025-10-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	3	0.57	5 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-05-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.99
2024-11-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.99	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2024-03-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.91
2023-11-13	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-11-09	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	2	0.91	3 areas 01 Approved source 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean

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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.