HINDU TEMPLE OF FLORIDA

Name: HINDU TEMPLE OF FLORIDA
Address: 5509 LYNN RD, TAMPA, FL, 33624, US
Rating: 87.7

5509 LYNN RD, TAMPA, FL 33624

License #3919163

87.7 Grade B / 100

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Latest inspection

October 27, 2025 · 10 findings · 3 critical

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HINDU TEMPLE OF FLORIDA in TAMPA currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 87.7 out of 100 — a B grade — generally clean with some minor or moderate violations on record. This restaurant has 4 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on October 27, 2025. Across those visits, inspectors documented 26 total violations — 5 critical, 4 major, 17 minor.

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September 27, 2023

The latest inspection on October 27, 2025 shows 10 observation rows: 3 critical, 2 major, and 5 minor.

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Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
[12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee bottle water stored on shelf over sugar bin. Manager discarded water during time of inspection.
[40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Lotion and phone stored over sugar bin at dry storage shelf. Manager removed lotion and phone during time of inspection.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Pot of mango lassi, yogurt raita, and tamarind paste stored on floor in Walk in cooler. Manager relocated raita onto shelf during time of inspection. Bag of rice stored on floor at rear kitchen exit. Manager relocated rice to an approved location during time of inspection.
[35B-02-4] Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Bug zapper located on wall over prep sink and grinder. Bug zapper located on wall by kitchen entrance over single service plates and take out containers. Manager removed all bug zappers during time of inspection.
[25-05-4] Single-service articles improperly stored. Single service take out containers and plates stored in floor in service station. Manager relocated all items onto a shelf during time of inspection.
[12A-13-4] Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee relocated single service take out containers and plates on floor then wore gloves without washing hands. Discussed with manager. Employee washed hands then wore new gloves during time of inspection.
[03F-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. No time mark for tamarind rice and yogurt rice. Manager added time during time of inspection.
[03B-01-6] Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked potatoes and onions 129F at 7:13pm cooked at 6pm reheated to 176F at 7:58pm, ghee 118F at 7:23pm reheated to 218F at 7:53pm
[22-02-4] Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on prep table soiled.
[03F-10-5] No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written plan for tamarind rice and yogurt rice in kitchen area. A plan had been provided to the manager during time of inspection.

Disposition: Warning Issued
[14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Single service container used as scoop in mango yogurt container in Walk in cooler.
[36-34-5] Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Front line cook ceiling and vents are heavily soiled with dirt and grease debris.
[35A-03-4] Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead roach on bug zapper
[35B-08-4] Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment. Located over 2 rice cookers adjacent to three compartment sink.
[08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Multiple containers of sauces, yogurts, and stored on floor of Walk in cooler. 1 bag of basmati rice stored on kitchen floor. Operator relocated rice during time of inspection.
[35B-02-4] Insect control device installed over food preparation area. Located over table with single service take out containers.
[51-13-4] No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
[12B-13-4] Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee personal drink stored on shelf in Walk in cooler. Operator disposed of drain during time of inspection.
[25-05-4] Single-service articles improperly stored. Single service soup lids and single service cups stored on floor of cashier service station.
[08B-12-5] Stored food not covered. Containers of Ready to eat carrots and onions not covered in Walk in cooler.
[02D-01-5] Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour, sugar, and salt in bins not identified in back kitchen area.
[35A-05-4] Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 8 live roaches on kitchen wall next to front kitchen door entrance. 21 live roaches between pvc wall cover and cove molding next to front kitchen door entrance.
[35A-23-4] Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Roach dropping on window will adjacent to front kitchen door entrance.
[11-27-4] Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
[02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Container of prepared yogurt, tamarind sauce, and a bag of opened shredded cheddar not date marked in Walk in cooler.