OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE

5255 S FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6304110. 9 inspection visits from 2023-07-20 to 2026-09-01.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-01: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 3 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (4 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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.43	3 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-06-09	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2026-03-12	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	3	0.40	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2025-11-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	6	0.40	8 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 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 (x2) 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-01-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	3	0.39	5 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-07-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.39	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2023-12-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2023-07-31	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-07-20	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	1	1	0.41	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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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.