IHOP 36-246

12978 SOUTH US HIGHWAY 301, RIVERVIEW, Hillsborough County. DBPR licence 3918808. 6 inspection visits from 2023-07-10 to 2026-05-15.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-05-15: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 5 basic violations

3 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Hillsborough County average that year (2 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-05-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	5	1.01	6 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-09-10	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	4		3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored (x3) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-05-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.99	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2024-08-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	4	2	8	0.99	10 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2) 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-02-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	3	1.02	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-07-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	5	1.02	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces 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.