THE OLIVE GARDEN

3911 US 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6303146. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-14 to 2026-09-22.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-22: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

0 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (6 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, Polk County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.43	2 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-01-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	0.40	3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2025-08-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0.40	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-03-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	4	0.39	3 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-08-07	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2		2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)
2024-01-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.41	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-08-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.41	2 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 29 Plumbing installed and maintained

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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.