Bombay Darbar Indian Restaurant
1521 E Las Olas Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 · Permanent Food Service · License 1623620
What drove the grade
Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Sep 3 routine inspection2 high priority (no follow-up needed), 4 basic-10
- Safety score90
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitSep 3, 2026 No follow-up needed
Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.
6 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority2
Code 01, Approved source; food safe and unadulterated: Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse.
Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135°F to 41°F within 6 hours. In the walk in cooler, brown sauce (65°F - Cooling). The sauce was prepared last night and cooling in the walk in overnight. The sauce was not prepped or portioned today. The sauce was discarded. See stop sale
Code 03, Food out of temperature: Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135°F to 41°F within 6 hours.
In the walk in cooler, brown sauce (65°F - Cooling). The sauce was prepared last night and cooling in the walk in overnight. The sauce was not prepped or portioned today. The sauce was discarded. See stop sale
Basic4
Code 10, In-use utensils properly stored: In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container.
In the bin of flour, the scoop handle was in the flour. The scoop was corrected
Fixed on the spot
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food.
In the pan of salt, a small ramekin was stored inside and used to dispense the salt. The item was removed
Fixed on the spot
Equipment in poor repair.
On the first flip top cooler lower doors, the gasket is torn.
Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.
On the cook line cooler gaskets
Reading this report
Priority levels
- High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
- Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
- Basic Best practices and general upkeep.
Terms in the inspectors’ reports
- Time/temperature control for safety food
- Food that has to be kept hot, at 135°F or above, or cold, at 41°F or below, to stay safe: meat, seafood, eggs, dairy, cooked rice and beans, cut melons and the like.
- Nonfood-contact surface
- Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.
- Stop sale
- An order that the food can’t be sold or served.