POLLO TROPICAL #159

6674 S SEMORAN BLVD, ORLANDO, Orange County. DBPR licence 5813523. 8 inspection visits from 2023-09-05 to 2026-07-27.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-27: routine inspection, 2 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

3 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Orange County average that year (3 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, Orange 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
2026-07-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	2	1.00	3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2026-01-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.96	1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2025-08-06	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-08-05	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	0	3	0.96	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-01-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	7	1.00	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2024-07-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	1.00	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-01-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	7	1.10	8 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 (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2023-09-05	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	12		11 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 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 (x2) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x3) 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.