VIET KITCHEN

3698 W WATER AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3917059. 11 inspection visits from 2023-09-20 to 2026-08-19.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-19: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 3 basic violations

4 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (2 had none)

1emergency closure recommended at an inspection since July 2023 (latest 2023-09-20)

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, Hillsborough 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
2026-08-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-04-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.01	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored
2025-09-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	3	7	1.01	7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-03-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	7	0.99	7 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-10-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	1	5	0.99	7 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-01-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	0	1.02	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2023-09-22	Follow-up visit	Allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Complied	0	0	0
2023-09-21	Follow-up visit	Not yet allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Not Complied	1	1	1		2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2)
2023-09-21	Follow-up visit	Not yet allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Not Complied	1	1	1		2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2)
2023-09-20	Follow-up visit	Not yet allowed to reopen DBPR: Emergency Order Callback Not Complied	1	1	1		2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2)
2023-09-20	Routine inspection	Emergency closure recommended DBPR: Emergency order recommended	4	2	2	1.02	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature (x2) 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof (x2)

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.