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CHINA WOK

CHINA WOK maintains a 2.1/5 food safety rating based on 6 health department inspections in ST. JOHNS. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.

3501 North Ponce de Leon Boulevard
Saint Augustine, Florida, 32084
Las Palmas Luxury Condominiums
Saint Johns County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5)
Based on 6 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 12/10/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10909945

  • 14-45-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line nonfood-contact shelves. Lining shelve in prep area by triple sink.
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee's tea on rack over flip top reach in cooler in middle of kitchen, tea moved. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Box of chicken in walk in freezer. Repeat Violation
  • 08B-39-4:Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Food handler cutting broccoli straight from the box they came in.
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Sacks of rice and flour in back storage not covered, sacks covered. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Box of unwashed mushrooms over cut cabbage mix in walk in cooler. Bags of unwashed green onions over various ready to eat items in walk in cooler.
  • 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Operator touched nose with bare hands then continued to handle clean utensils on cook line without washing hands.
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Racks in walk in cooler have a build up of food debris.
  • 53B-02-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. 2 food handlers on site do not have proof of food handler training.
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle of all purpose cleaner in cabinet at start of make line.

Inspection Date: 5/27/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10715980

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl stored inside dry rice container
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees preparing food with no hair restraint
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Case of dry oil stored on floor Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler gasket and reach in cooler gasket soiled. Hood filters with grease build up Exterior of fryer with grease build up
  • 22-16-4:Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Walk in cooler shelves with encrusted food debris
  • 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Operator using cut jug to dispense food
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Pan stored in hand wash sink in back kitchen. Employee removed Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 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. Operator has cooked wings near fryer on Time but no paperwork. Provided operator with paperwork to complete

Inspection Date: 11/7/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8780092

  • 08B-20-4:Basic - Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. 1 dented can of each bamboo shoots, baby corn, oyster sauce, ketchup on rack in back storage area by back door to kitchen. Repeat Violation
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bucket of soy sauce in front of walk in freezer door. Bags of carrots and onions in walk in cooler. Bucket of bean sprouts in walk in cooler. Repeat Violation
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Bus tub of breading in back storage area, employee corrected during inspection. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1 dented can of each bamboo shoots, baby corn, oyster sauce, ketchup on rack in back storage area by back door to kitchen. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 12A-12-4:High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment without washing hands. Employee placing raw pork on squires with bare hands then washing and rinsing container then continued to handle other clean equipment without washing hands.
  • 22-45-4:High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Employee washed and rinsed bus tub then placed out to dry without sanitizing bus tub.
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Open container of raw scallops stored over open containers of sauce in bottom of reach in cooler make table in middle of kitchen. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 12A-03-4:Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. One employee rinsed hands in prep sink in back of kitchen.
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash station by front counter blocked with boxes. Hand wash station at end of cook line blocked with large bowls.

Inspection Date: 3/5/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8622434

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 2/29/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8504008

  • 08B-20-4:Basic - Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. On rack in back of kitchen: 1 dented can of hoisin sauce. 2 dented cans of oyster sauce. 1 dented can of water chestnuts.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Multiple containers of cooking oil and soy sauce throughout kitchen. Repeat Violation
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Raw beef, raw chicken, and egg rolls in walk in cooler, employee corrected. Corrected On-Site
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. On rack in back of kitchen: 1 dented can of hoisin sauce. 2 dented cans of oyster sauce. 1 dented can of water chestnuts.
  • 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 beef stored over cooked beef in walk in freezer, all items removed from original packaging. Raw pork mixture stored over cooked pork in walk in freezer, all items removed from original packaging. Raw chicken stored over cooked pork in sheet racks in walk in freezer, all items removed from original packaging. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
  • 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. tempura chicken (105F - Cooling, after less then 1 hour 95F) sitting out on counter in prep area, employee put chicken in walk in freezer at inspectors request then chicken was taken back out of freezer and placed on table in prep area.
  • 53B-05-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Only two certifications, both expired in November 2023. Warning

Inspection Date: 9/19/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8378942

  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. In the walk in cooler employee personal food stored on shelf over washed and cut produce.
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the storage shelf over the three compartment sink, clean containers stacked while wet. Repeat Violation
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Fryer oil and soy sauce container stored in the floor by the hand wash sink closest to the dry storage area. Operator had employees relocate the items from the floor. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 36-68-5:Basic - Hood ventilation system inadequate as evidenced by grease accumulation on walls/ceiling. Build up of grease on the main cook line hood system and below hood system on the wall.
  • 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. On the main cook line, knife stored between flip top reach in cooler and prep table. Operator removed the knife. **Corrective Action Taken** Repeat Violation
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler door gasket has mold like substance build up. Operator asked employee to clean the door gaskets. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 14-20-4:Basic - Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover. Torn tin foil used to line shelf under prep table and rice cooker prep table.
  • 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. In the walk in freezer plastic wrapped raw beef under plastic wrapped raw chicken. Operator had employee switch the storage levels of the walk in freezer. 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. In the walk in cooler, egg rolls, cooked noodles and cooked chicken made the previous day per operator with no product date marking.