Waffle House

4459 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa, FL 33614

Passed · Jul 22, 2026 Directions
78
Fair BiteKarma score 78 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 6 of 6 graded inspections since 2024.
  • Last inspected Jul 22, 2026: passed with 5 violations, 2 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized, cited 5 times, plus 6 other repeat issues.
  • 4 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 6 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Jul 22

    Routine Inspection

    5 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Approved source
    • Minor Floors, walls, ceilings and attached equipment properly constructed and clean; rooms and equipment properly vented
    • Minor Garbage and refuse; premises maintained
  3. Passed Jan 30

    Routine Inspection

    7 violations
    • Minor Employee health knowledge; ill/symptomatic employee present
    • Minor Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
    • Minor Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Minor Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory
    • Minor Single-service and single-use items
  4. 2025
  5. Passed Aug 7

    Routine Inspection

    4 violations, 1 critical
    • Critical Time and temperature control for safety foods
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Food protection, cross-contamination
    • Minor Single-service and single-use items
  6. Passed Jun 2

    Callback Reinspection

    3 violations
    • Minor Food-contact and nonfood-contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
    • Minor Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
    • Minor Non-food contact surfaces clean

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