LUCKY GARDEN

LUCKY GARDEN located in PALM BAY has undergone 5 health department inspections, achieving a 1.0/5 overall safety rating. Food safety practices have remained consistent.

1155 MALABAR RD #7

Overall Food Safety Rating

★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 12/3/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10873529

  • 32-12-6:Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. No covered trash receptacle in restroom.
  • 35A-03-4:Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Dead roach in small two door reach in cooler front of store. Dead roach on tomato ketchup can back of store. Both removed and sanitized by operator. Corrected On-Site
  • 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Duct tape used on reach in cooler to hold gasket. Front of store two door stainless steel.
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. White reach in freezer has torn gasket, front of store. Small reach in cooler, two door stainless has torn gaskets. Walk in freezer has torn gasket. Reach in cooler in back room has torn gaskets.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Oil and soy sauce stored on floor in back of kitchen. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler two door stainless front of store solid gaskets. Make table has soiled gaskets. Vent hood covers have dripping grease. Walk in cooler and walk in freezer gaskets soiled with mold like substance. Repeat Violation
  • 42-03-5:Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Drill stored over rice heater in back room. Corrected On-Site
  • 21-09-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Used to clean surfaces, educated owner and assisted with set up of sanitizer bucket. Corrected On-Site
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour bin not labeled. Corrected On-Site
  • 36-10-4:Basic - Worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting. Tile floor under woks on cook line has build up of grease and food debris.
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw pork over ready to eat egg rolls in walk in freezer all repackaged. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw chicken over produce in walk in cooler. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over raw pork and raw shrimp in walk in cooler. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 08A-17-6:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken over raw pork in walk in freezer both repackaged. Corrected On-Site
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw beef in top of make table at 45f cold holding for more than four hours. Operator discarded. 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. Rice on cook line held for time control, no written plan. Operator discarded when we discussed. Gave operator time plan for future use. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 02C-08-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. All thawed foods not date marked in walk in cooler. Operator stated held for 48 hours.
  • 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. All prepared food on premises not date marked, operator stated held for 48 hours.

Inspection Date: 5/7/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10728719

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Multiple items throughout kitchen
  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. In walk in cooler and reach in cooler
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Sauce on floor placed on rack by owner Corrected On-Site
  • 06-06-5:Basic - Frozen time/temperature control for safety food being slacked at room temperature is no longer frozen solid. Raw chicken
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No hand wash sign in one of bathrooms
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filter soiled with grease Repeat Violation
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wiping cloth on counter by soups
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Bags used in walk in freezer to cover food not food grade Repeat Violation
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Or Raw animal food stored over /Unwashed produced stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Kiwi stored over cooked chicken and pork in front reach in cooler Eggs over cooked pasta in back stainless double door reach in cooler- corrected by owner Raw chicken and pork over egg rolls Chicken stored over unwashed produce in walk in freezer- corrected by owner Repeat Violation
  • 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. egg drop soup 84 F - hot holding; wonton soup 84 F - hot holding; owner rapid reheated

Inspection Date: 11/22/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8777770

  • 32-12-5:Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom.
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Water temp 95F Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with grease
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Sugar, flour, rice in back. Labeled by owner Corrected On-Site
  • 22-48-5:High Priority - Establishment using a sanitizer solution that does not meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until approved sanitizer is available for warewashing. True living Bleach
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Chicken over raw onion and beef in walk- in cooler- moved by owner. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
  • 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. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

Inspection Date: 4/19/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8529105

  • 21-05-5:Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. In several coolers Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 85f
  • 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
  • 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw chicken and beef stored over or with unwashed produce in the walk in cooler. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 02C-01-5:High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Cooked chicken and egg rolls in the walk-in cooler.
  • 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. For black hose

Inspection Date: 10/17/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8376342

  • 36-32-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair, water damage and mold like substance on multiple tiles in back of kitchen
  • 21-05-5:Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface, red linens used to cover food in reach-in freezer Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public, bags of raw fish stored in the reach-in freezer Repeat Violation
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair, gaskets on reach-in cooler next to register torn.
  • 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and walk-in freezer. Repeat Violation
  • 10-06-5:Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container, tong handles in raw shrimp product. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered, multiple foods in every reach-in cooler and walk-in cooler.
  • 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Raw chicken thawing in sink at room temperature, operator turned on running water **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On-Site
  • 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw chicken and beef stored over ready to eat vegetables in walk-in cooler Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw shrimp stored over open containers of cooked chicken Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 41-15-5:High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Corrected On-Site
  • 16-33-4:Intermediate - Chemical test kit used expired and not reading correctly, advised to throw away and purchase more **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Eggrolls, removed from package yesterday morning Repeat Violation
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Cutting board badly stained with mold like substance Repeat Violation