Uptown Buffet

8275 West Flagler St, Miami, FL 33144

Failed re-check · Jun 23, 2026 Directions
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Poor BiteKarma score 49 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

  • Passed 9 of 14 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Keeps coming up: Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized, cited 14 times, plus 23 other repeat issues.
  • Last inspected Jun 23, 2026: failed with 6 violations, 2 critical.
  • 23 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 14 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Failed Jun 23

    Callback Reinspection

    6 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Approved source
    • 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
  3. Failed Jun 22

    Complaint Inspection

    8 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Minor In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
    • Minor Approved source
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Clean clothes; hair restraints; jewelry; painted/artificial fingernails
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
  4. Passed May 7

    Callback Reinspection

    5 violations
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
  5. Passed May 6

    Routine Inspection

    9 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Critical Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor No presence or breeding of insects/rodents/pests; no live animals; outer openings protected
    • Minor Approved source
    • Minor Chemicals/toxic substances
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Hand wash sinks, hand washing supplies and hand wash sign
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located

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