RITZ CARLTON SOFRA
280 VANDERBILT BEACH RD
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection Date: 6/2/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 10769732
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Metal cups were stored in the ice at the server soda tower indicating use as scoops. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation on the cook line. Employee donned a hat. Corrected On-Site
- 09-01-4:High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Observed server place a lime wedge on a frozen lemonade with his bare hand. Server removed lime. Corrected On-Site
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell egg were stored directly above mayonnaise in the walk-in cooler. Chef rearranged to proper storage. Corrected On-Site
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwashing sink on the way to the cook line blocked by an ice scoop in the basin. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site
Inspection Date: 1/28/2025
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8775605
- 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Found on cook line, spoons held in standing water at 85F. Operator removed and stored spoons in water above 135F. Corrected On-Site
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Located at outside bar, 2 soda dispensing guns found with accumulated mold like substance.
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Located at outside bar, hand wash sink used as dump sink, basin had evidence of dumped ice. Advised operator to only use sink for hand washing purposes. Operator cleared out sink basin and washed sink down. Corrected On-Site
- 22-31-4:Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Located at outside bar, ice bin cover containing surface rust and debris advised operator to clean or replace. Operator cleared and removed surface contaminants. Corrected On-Site
Inspection Date: 5/30/2024
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8522208
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Admin Complaint
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee used the hand washing sink on the cook line to fill a container of utensils with water. Employee sanitizer the utensils and container. Corrected On-Site
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottles containing cleaning fluid/sanitizer not labeled. Chef labeled the bottles. Corrected On-Site
Inspection Date: 10/10/2023
Inspection #: Visit ID: 8374874
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin by walk-in cooler.
- 32-04-4:Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors in back of kitchen.
- 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. 2 in kitchen by Bibb in box soda storage.
- 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. On cook line by grill utensils in standing water 86F.
- 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In employee bathroom in back of kitchen and at cook line entrance.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cook line cold rail right side:; cooked pickled onions (57F - Cold Holding); yogurt sauce (60F - Cold Holding); feta (58F - Cold Holding); cut tomatoes (59F - Cold Holding) per operator for two hours. Cold rail was not turned on. Operator turned on cold rail and discarded all foods. Corrected On-Site
- 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. In salad station, butter and cut tomatoes marked as being held on time as a public health control , no written plan.