WAFFLE HOUSE

3412 LEE BLVD, LEHIGH ACRES, Lee County. DBPR licence 4607742. 9 inspection visits from 2023-08-18 to 2026-07-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-21: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

5 of 5routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Lee County average that year (0 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	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	0.89	2 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2)
2025-10-22	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0
2025-10-14	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	3	1		4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-08-26	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0		1 area 45 Fire extinguishers - proper and sufficient (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2025-08-21	Routine inspection	Referred for possible fine DBPR: Administrative complaint recommended	3	1	0.93	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 45 Fire extinguishers - proper and sufficient (FOR REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY)
2025-04-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0.90	3 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-09-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	0.90	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2024-02-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	1.01	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-08-18	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0

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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.