OVATION BISTRO & BAR

7130 CYPRESS GARDEN BLVD, WINTER HAVEN, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308392. 9 inspection visits from 2023-09-14 to 2026-07-15.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-15: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 4 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
2026-07-15	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	4		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2026-06-05	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1		1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2026-03-31	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	2	0.40	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-12-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	0.40	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-04-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	4	0.39	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x3) 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2024-10-21	Follow-up visit	Not corrected at follow-up, referred for possible fine DBPR: Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-08-12	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	3	0.39	5 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-02-20	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	0.41	3 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2023-09-14	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 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof

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.