Pollo Campero

8300 Litchford Rd, Raleigh, NC 27615

Passed · Oct 19, 2026 Directions
62
Poor BiteKarma score 62 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 5 of 5 graded inspections since 2023.
  • Last inspected Oct 19, 2026: passed with 8 violations, 2 critical.
  • Keeps coming up: Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized, cited 4 times, plus 7 other repeat issues.
  • #98 in Raleigh's Hall of Shame, among the lowest BiteKarma scores in the city.
  • 13 critical violations in the last two years.

Inspection history 5 visits

  1. 2026
  2. Passed Oct 19

    Inspection

    8 violations, 2 critical
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Critical Hands clean and properly washed
    • Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied and cleaned
    • Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Minor Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Minor Garbage and refuse properly disposed, facilities maintained
    • Minor Proper cooling methods used, adequate equipment for temperature control
  3. Passed Jan 6

    Inspection

    8 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Proper cold holding temperatures
    • Critical Toxic substances properly identified stored and used
    • Critical Proper cooking time and temperatures
    • Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Minor Single-use and single-service articles: properly stored and used
    • Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied and cleaned
    • Minor Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean
    • Minor Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled
  4. 2025
  5. Passed May 20

    Inspection

    8 violations, 5 critical
    • Critical Proper reheating procedures for hot holding
    • Critical Proper cooking time and temperatures
    • Critical Handwashing sinks supplied and accessible
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Critical Hands clean and properly washed
    • Minor Equipment, food and nonfood-contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used
    • Minor Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled
    • Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied and cleaned
  6. 2024
  7. Passed Dec 17

    Inspection

    7 violations, 3 critical
    • Critical Certified food protection manager
    • Critical Proper hot holding temperatures
    • Critical Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized
    • Minor Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled
    • Minor Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied and cleaned
    • Minor Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used, test strips
    • Minor Nonfood-contact surfaces clean

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