Cafe Aquatica & Rendevous Reef
Last inspected: Mar 13, 2026
39
Score
Cafe Aquatica & Rendevous Reef, located at 2905 Sheridan St, Hollywood, FL, had a high-risk inspection on March 13, 2026, with a score of 39. This inspection identified four critical, one major, and five minor violations. While the facility has a history of mostly low-risk inspections, the most recent one noted issues such as employee personal items stored improperly, jewelry worn during food preparation, and food stored on the floor.
8
Inspections
4
Critical latest
1
Major latest
5
Minor latest
Inspection History
Mar 13, 2026
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 5 minor violations.
39
Oct 24, 2025
Food-Licensing Inspection
4 minor violations.
82
Apr 4, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 minor violations.
74
Jan 3, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 4 major violations. 1 minor violation.
55
Apr 22, 2024
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 4 minor violations.
52
Oct 18, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 minor violation.
82
Dec 2, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 minor violations.
78
Jul 15, 2022
Routine - Food
1 minor violation.
95
Violations — Mar 13, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee music speaker on tray next to clean coffee cups. Employee moved speaker. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
40-06-5
Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Employee on cookline wearing watch. **Warning**
13-07-4
Basic - Food stored on floor.Case of ground beef on floor in walk in freezer. **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Shelves in server glassfront cooler opposite cookline soiled with food/mold like buildup. **Warning**
22-16-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelves in Continental reach in cooler at cook line rust pitted. **Warning**
14-33-4
High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Employee on cookline cracked raw shell eggs and continued preparation for multiple other items without washing hands and changing gloves. Reviewed proper procedures with staff and employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-27-4
High Priority - 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. Dishwasher failed to wash hands before handling sanitized dupishware immediately after rinsing and loading dirty dishware. Reviewed proper procedures and employee began washing hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-13-4
High Priority - Shell eggs not stored at an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less. In cookline COLD RAIL UPPER - raw shell eggs (57F - Ambient Cold Holding). Per employee out of cooler from 6:30am. Observed unit not setup properly to maintain proper cold air circulation. Employees removed eggs to lower cooler to rechill and correctly set up upper section. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-03-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In cookline COLD RAIL UPPER - diced tomatoes (53F - Cold Holding); commercial sausage gravy (56F - Cold Holding); cooked spinach (55F - Cold Holding); cut sausage (55F - Cold Holding); commercial hollandaise (56F - Cold Holding); raw shell eggs (57F - Ambient Cold Holding); shredded cheese (54F - Cold Holding). Per manager, items not prepared or portioned today and in unit from 6:30am. Observed unit not setup properly to maintain proper cold air circulation. Employees removed items to lower cooler to rechill and correctly set up upper section. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written plan found from previous ownership. New plan provided and printed to be completed under mew ownership. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03F-10-5
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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