POLLO TROPICAL #217

5101 E FOWLER AVE, TAMPA, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3917969. 7 inspection visits from 2023-10-24 to 2026-08-07.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-07: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

0 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (5 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, 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	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0.93
2026-02-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1.01	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-07-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1.01	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-02-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.99	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-09-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	4		3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-03-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1.02	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-10-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1.02	1 area 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking

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.