POLLO TROPICAL #80

1652 NE PINE ISLAND RD, CAPE CORAL, Lee County. DBPR licence 4605824. 8 inspection visits from 2023-07-28 to 2026-08-06.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-06: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Lee County average that year (7 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, Lee 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
2026-08-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.89	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2025-12-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.93	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2)
2025-08-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.93	1 area 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-02-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.90	2 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure
2024-09-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.90	2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-03-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.01	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2023-10-30	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	2		3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	1.01	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 46 Exiting system - adequate, good repair (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)

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.