GARDENIA'S BISTRO

88720 OVERSEAS HIGHWAY, TAVERNIER, Monroe County. DBPR licence 5428439. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-31 to 2026-09-18.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-18: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 0 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Monroe County average that year (2 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Monroe 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
2026-09-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	0	1.29	3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-04-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	0	1.25	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
2025-10-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	3	1	1.25	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2025-04-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	0	0.95	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 11 Personnel with infections restricted 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-11-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.95	1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-01-16	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	1.32	1 area 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2023-08-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	1	1.32	2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean

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.