Lion King Chinese Restaurant
1751 Ne Pine Island Road #C, Cape Coral, FL 33909
How the BiteKarma score works
Each routine inspection starts at 100 and loses 7 points for every critical violation and 2 for every other one, half again as much when the same problem was cited at one of the two inspections before. A failed inspection counts as 69 at most. The score averages the five newest routine inspections, with the most recent counting most, and stays below 70 for 90 days after a fail unless the restaurant passes again. 90 and up is excellent, 80s good, 70s fair, and below 70 poor.
At a glance
- Passed 7 of 7 graded inspections since 2024.
- Last inspected Sep 23, 2026: passed with 9 violations, 2 critical.
- Keeps coming up: Food protection, cross-contamination, cited 4 times, plus 8 other repeat issues.
- #29 in Cape Coral's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
- 6 critical violations in the last two years.
Inspection history 7 visits
- 2026
- Passed Sep 23
Routine Inspection
9 violations, 2 critical
- Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
- Minor Food management certification valid / employee training verification
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Passed Mar 16
Routine Inspection
7 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Approved source
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
- 2025
- Passed Oct 13
Routine Inspection
9 violations, 1 critical
- Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
- Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Wiping cloths; clean and soiled linens; laundry facilities
- Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
- Minor Bathrooms
- Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Passed Jul 9
Callback Reinspection
4 violations
- Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean
- Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
- Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
- Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
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