HIBACHI EXPRESS

5351 N SOCRUM LOOP RD, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308328. 9 inspection visits from 2023-08-14 to 2026-11-06.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-11-06: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

5 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (2 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	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-11-06	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-10-27	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	3	0.43	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2026-02-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	0.40	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-10-15	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	1	0.40	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)
2025-05-16	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	1		1 area 08 Food protection, cross-contamination
2025-04-22	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	2	2	0.39	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-09-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	3	0.39	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-01-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	1	0.41	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-08-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	2	0.41	4 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x2) 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed

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.