HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS OKEECHOBEE
3101 HWY 441 S, Okeechobee FL 34974 · 863-357-3529
Last inspected Aug 29, 2025 · 5 visits since August 2023
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5 inspections trending up, 12 points better than where it started.
Accumulation of approximately 10 dead small flying insects on window seal at customer seating area. Operator cleaned and sanitized area.
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Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Aug 29, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 3 findings
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. New employee signed form.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Personal frozen drink in silver reach in freezer. Operator removed.
Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Upon working with bacon employee did not have hair net on. Employee secured hair.
Mar 14, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 1 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate0 Basic
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Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Employee S.C 2/2025
Aug 23, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority2 Intermediate1 Basic
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Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature. butter (62F - Cold Holding) on buffet. Operator removed and voluntarily discarded.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. butter (62F - Cold Holding) on buffet. Operator removed and voluntarily discarded.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink in unisex restroom. Operator placed at location.
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. One employee did not have signed. Employee signed.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public in reach in freezer. Operator segregated.
Jan 26, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority2 Intermediate4 Basic
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No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths for chlorine.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink in kitchen. Operator states paper towels are on order. Operator placed some additional paper towels at location.
Equipment in poor repair. Buffet cover repaired with tape.
Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. The plexiglass display is broken at the buffet table.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Top of coffee maker soiled. Operator cleaned and sanitized.
Top of counter top at milk cooler on buffet not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Behind the Self Cooking center as well is soiled.
Aug 18, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority1 Intermediate6 Basic
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw pork over oranges in kitchen reach in cooler. Operator removed item and stored correctly.
No soap provided at handwash sink in kitchen.
Accumulation of approximately 10 dead small flying insects on window seal at customer seating area. Operator cleaned and sanitized area.
Ceiling vent soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance in kitchen.
Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach in kitchen dry storage cabinet. Operator removed, cleaned and sanitized.
Equipment in poor repair, buffet cover repaired with tape.
No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees in kitchen. Operator obtained sign and posted.
Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable, buffet covers cracked.
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.