WASABI SUSHI GRILL

Cortez Boulevard
Florida
Hernando County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★½☆☆☆ (1.7/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 6/4/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10832418

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic quart to go container used as scoop stored in working container of sugar. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 06-09-1:Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged tuna bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package in sushi prep area. Tuna was thawing on counter and still frozen at time of observation. Operator removed tuna from reduced oxygen packaging and placed in reach in cooler. Corrected On-Site
  • 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Packages of frozen tuna thawing on counter at room temperature in sushi prep area. Operator moved item to reach in cooler. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef and raw scallop stored over ready to eat chicken breast in cook line reach in cooler. Operator reorganized. Corrected On-Site
  • 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Containers of drain cleaner stored above cans of hoisin sauce on dry storage rack. Operator reorganized. Corrected On-Site
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handwash sink at boba prep counter used to store utensils and cups. Operator removed items. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 5/5/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8723500

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense Soy and other sauces , Manager removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Container of soiled sauce stored on floor in dry storage area. Employee elevated. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees put on hats during inspection. Corrected On-Site
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease dirt, slime and dust. Hood Filters soiled.
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Metal Scrubs pads stored in both handwashing sinks in kitchen. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site
  • 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At Sushi Station. Manager replaced during inspection. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 4/8/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8566918

  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Soy sauce buckets on floor in kitchen area
  • 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of small oven in sushi bar has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Bread crumbs uncovered in dry storage area
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over cooked chicken in cook line Reach-in-Cooler. Operator removed Corrected On-Site
  • 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Metal scrub pad in cook line hand sink. Operator removed Corrected On-Site
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Multiple items in Walk-in-Cooler not dated
  • 27-16-5:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hot water turned off at hand sink near kitchen entrance. Operator turned hot water on Corrected On-Site