EL AMBIA CUBANO

Name: EL AMBIA CUBANO
Address: 950 E MELBOURNE AVE, MELBOURNE, FL, 32901, US
Rating: 80.5

950 E MELBOURNE AVE, MELBOURNE, FL 32901

License #1506116

🌴 Cuban/Caribbean ℹ️ Categories are auto-assigned based on restaurant names and may not be 100% accurate

80.5 Grade C / 100

Mixed Health Record

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Quick take

EL AMBIA CUBANO in MELBOURNE currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 80.5 out of 100 — a C grade — a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has 3 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on May 4, 2026. Across those visits, DBPR recorded 14 total findings; InspectFL has imported detailed violation rows for 12 of them so far.

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Inspections on file

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Latest clean pass

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The latest inspection on May 4, 2026 included 1 critical violation, 2 major, and 3 minor.

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DBPR

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Inspection timeline

Inspection History

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Disposition: Warning Issued
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Oil on floor in kitchen by oven.
[14-11-5] Equipment in poor repair. Make table left door torn gasket.
[31A-11-4] Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink in kitchen used to dump ice.
[01B-13-4] Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. reach in freezer #1; red snapper (40F - cold holding); mahi (40F - Cold Holding) thawed in vacuum sealed bag. Placed back in freezer after thawed.
[06-09-1] Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. reach in freezer #1; red snapper (40F - cold holding); mahi (40F - Cold Holding) see stop sale. Placed back in freezer after thawed.
[51-16-7] No plan review submitted and approved - renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. Upstairs storage, oven, and triple sink not on original plans. Submit plan to plan review for approval.

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