MELS KITCHEN

4907 US 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6305585. 4 inspection visits from 2023-12-20 to 2025-11-04.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-11-04: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

0 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (3 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, 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
2025-11-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.40	2 areas 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 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-05-29	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	4		3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-03-18	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	4	0.39	4 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2) 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-12-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	5	0.41	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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.