PANDA GARDEN CHINESE RESTAURANT
1968 Lake Worth Road
Florida, 33461
Palm Beach County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.9/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 5/23/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8680129
- 32-12-5:Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Box oil stored on floor. Explained and manager moved box to shelf. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Interior of hand sink by prep table near three compartment sink. Manager cleaned. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 35B-13-4:Basic - Screening is not 16-mesh to the inch. Repeat Violation
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On cook line and on table by rice cooker. Manager put both in sanitizer solution. Corrected On-Site
Inspection Date: 3/22/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8637932
- 35B-13-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Screening is not 16-mesh to the inch. Metal screen back door . Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-03-22: Same **Time Extended**
Inspection Date: 3/21/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8596843
- 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead on floor in the dining room. Manager cleaned. 2 dead on floor between reach in cooler and wall( area used for dry food storage) Warning
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook preparing food without any hair restraint for loose head hair. He put on paper hat. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Box of oil stored on floor in the kitchen. Warning
- 21-04-4:Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Under yellow cutting board. Warning
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Inside area of kitchen hand sink soiled . Repeat Violation Warning
- 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Cut out of gallon containers used as scoop. Warning
- 35B-13-4:Basic - Screening is not 16-mesh to the inch. Metal screen back door . Warning
- 35A-05-4:High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 crawling on the wall by chest freezer in the kitchen 4 crawling on the floor between wall and reach in cooler on cook line. 40 plus ( too many to count ) lifted milk crate and taped on floor to show operator . All scattered. Warning
- 11-27-4:Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Emailed one Warning
Inspection Date: 1/23/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8340334
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employees with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation- operator provided hats Corrected On-Site
- 36-01-4:Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed- floor has heavy accumulation of grease - front counter Repeat Violation
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust- glass cooler has windows and handles soiled with food debris at cook line; handwash sink at cook line Repeat Violation
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered- spring rolls in walk-in cooler and reach in freezer; advised to cover
- 22-12-5:High Priority - Metal stem-type thermometer soiled.
- 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over raw shrimp in walk-in cooler; reversed Corrected On-Site
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. wings (83-79F - Cooling)at 1:25 to 82 F at 1:40 since 12:00 outside in the kitchen ( moved in glass cooler before taking second temperatures) - food stacked on top of each other and stored in big plastic beans; at this rate food will not reach 70 F within 2 hours; operator moved to walk-in cooler; **Corrective Action Taken**