South China Restaurant

5550 Flamingo Rd, Cooper City, FL 33330

Failed · Sep 23, 2026 Directions
52
Poor BiteKarma score 52 out of 100
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

  • Keeps coming up: Time and temperature control for safety foods, cited 7 times, plus 15 other repeat issues.
  • #2 in Cooper City's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • Passed 3 of 8 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Sep 23, 2026: failed with 12 violations, 2 critical.
  • 14 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 8 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Failed Sep 23

    Complaint Inspection

    12 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • 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 No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
    • Minor Food and food equipment thermometers provided and accurate
    • Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
    • Minor Current license properly displayed
  3. Failed Aug 25

    Complaint 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 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
  4. Failed Aug 19

    Routine Inspection

    14 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
    • Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
    • Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
    • Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
  5. Failed Mar 12

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Time/temperature control foods properly thawed
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Plumbing installed and maintained; mop sink; water filters; backflow prevention
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented

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