OCEAN BUFFET

309 MIRACLE STRIP PKWY SW, FORT WALTON BEACH, Okaloosa County. DBPR licence 5603195. 10 inspection visits from 2023-12-12 to 2026-09-02.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-02: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

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

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

6inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Okaloosa 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
2026-09-02	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-05-04	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2025-12-10	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2025-08-13	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1		2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-06-02	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-05-19	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	3	0.28	4 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-07-17	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1		3 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-03-18	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2024-03-11	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	5	1	6		8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored (x2) 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean
2023-12-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.39	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 40 Employee lockers provided and used, 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.