🪰526,489 violations tracked across 67 Florida counties

Polk County

Sitting between Tampa and Orlando, Polk County is Central Florida's often-overlooked dining market. With Lakeland as its largest city and over 1,500 restaurants spread across a largely suburban and rural landscape, the county serves as a crossroads for both coasts. Chain restaurants dominate the I-4 corridor, but local gems in downtown Lakeland and Winter Haven's growing dining scene offer a different side of Polk County's food culture.

Find Polk County restaurant inspections to find health scores and violation histories for restaurants in Lakeland, Winter Haven, Bartow, Haines City, Lake Wales, and Auburndale. Every inspection record includes the full list of violations found and the restaurant's overall health grade.

1,840
Restaurants
82%
A-Rated
97.7
Avg Score
1,565
Inspections

Data on this page

Restaurants tracked
1,840
Cities represented
44
Restaurants with inspection history
1,830
Official source
Florida DBPR

InspectFL turns public DBPR inspection records into county-level trend pages with filters, latest inspection snapshots, and direct restaurant history. Most recent inspection on this page: June 19, 2026.

How to use this county page

Use it to compare cities, filter the countywide list, and quickly spot restaurant records worth opening — especially if you are choosing between areas.

What the countywide data means

Polk County's current grade mix looks stronger than average, but one countywide number should never outweigh a restaurant's recent inspection timeline.

A: 1500 B: 285 C: 45 F: 10

Restaurants

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AUBURNDALE SPEEDWAY

5640 STATE ROAD 542 WEST, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21

CARMENS ICE CREAM PARLOR

922 HAVENDALE BLVD NW, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21
1 violations

CMX GRAND 10

920 SPRINGLAKE SQUARE NW, WINTER HAVEN

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21
1 violations

DOMINO'S 3872

104 N COMMONWEALTH AVE STE 2, POLK CITY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21
1 violations

ELEVENTH TEE SNK BAR

2300 N SCENIC HWY, LAKE WALES

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21

HUNGRY HOWIES

108 N COMMONWEALTH AVE, POLK CITY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21
3 violations

J BURNS PIZZA

2306 E EDGEWOOD DR, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21
1 violations

MAY'S TASTY CUISINE

6519 MARIGOLD AVE, KISSIMMEE

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21

MCDONALD'S #35865

1805 SHEPHERD ROAD, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21
3 violations

MOYETE KITCHEN

501 E MAIN ST, HAINES CITY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21

SUBWAY #11439

125 N WABASH AVE, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21
1 violations

WHATCHA GOT COOKIN

118 E WALL ST, FROSTPROOF

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-21

BREW HOUNDS SPORTS LOUNGE

318 HAVENDALE BLVD, AUBURNDALE

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20
1 violations

DOMINO'S PIZZA #3174

316 HAVENDALE BLVD, AUBURNDALE

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20

NEON HOT DOGS

1037 EAST MAIN ST, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20

PADDYWAGON IRISH PUB

201 AMBERSWEET WAY, DAVENPORT

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20
1 violations

PDQ

4714 S. FLORIDA AVENUE, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20
1 violations

SONIC DRIVE-IN 6669

5030 DAVE ROBBINS WAY, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20
1 violations

TAQUERIA LA CARRETA

1379 MARCUM RD, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20
3 violations

WENDY'S PROPERTIES LLC

7032 N CHURCH AVE, MULBERRY

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-20
3 violations

FLAVA MEETS FUSION

411 N SCENIC HWY, LAKE WALES

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-19

MAMBOS

400 GRAN BAHAMA BLVD, DAVENPORT

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-19
2 violations

MCDONALD'S 717

2835 S FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-19
5 violations

SUNRISE TIKI BAR

42749 HWY 27, DAVENPORT

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-19
1 violations

5 HERMANOS BAKED POTATOES

620 DUNDEE ROAD, VIN 0192, DUNDEE

Inspected 7 months ago
2025-11-18

Important context for county pages

County pages are comparison tools built from public Florida DBPR inspection data. They help surface area-wide patterns and make local browsing easier, but they are not official government rankings and they should not replace reading the individual restaurant page before making a decision.