Island House Bar and Grill
Last inspected: Apr 3, 2026
55
Score
Public records show 10 inspections at Island House Bar and Grill stretching back to 2022. Island House Bar and Grill was last inspected on Apr 3, 2026. A medium risk score generally means inspectors found things to fix, though most weren't urgent.
Things have been moving in the right direction, with the rolling count dropping from around 11 violations to closer to eight violations per visit.
The pattern that stands out is “accumulation of black/green and pink mold-like substance”, which has been cited five times.
Restaurants in Bonita Springs average 80, so Island House Bar and Grill trails the local norm. The full record sits in fairly typical territory for a working restaurant.
10
Inspections
2
Critical latest
0
Major latest
6
Minor latest
Inspection History
Apr 3, 2026
Complaint Full
2 critical violations. 6 minor violations.
View 8 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over ready to eat lettuce in reach in cooler. Operator moved to proper storage. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed 5 pieces of grouper with a label bearing "Remove from package prior to thawing" that was fully thawed and still under reduced oxygen packaging. **Warning**
01B-02-5
Basic - Accumulation of black/green and pink mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin in dish area. **Warning**
22-20-5
Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured at bar. **Warning**
51-11-4
Basic - Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas throughout back of house. **Warning**
36-37-5
Basic - 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. Observed 5 pieces of grouper with a label bearing "Remove from package prior to thawing" that was fully thawed and still under reduced oxygen packaging. **Warning**
06-09-1
Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing in multiple areas throughout the back of house. **Warning**
36-03-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees at bar. **Warning**
31B-04-4
55
Dec 10, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 5 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Dishmachine not sanitizing properly. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed Dishwasher (Chlorine 0ppm). Operator ran the dishmachine three times and could not achieve proper sanitization. **Warning**
22-49-4
Intermediate - Two-compartment sink used for warewashing. Observed two compartment sink used for warewashing. No triple sink on site. **Warning**
16-28-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Pink like substance in interior of ice machine. **Warning**
22-20-5
Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured at bar and back room by ice machine. **Warning**
51-11-4
Basic - Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas throughout back of house. **Warning**
36-37-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance throughout back of house. **Warning**
36-34-5
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees at bar. **Warning**
31B-04-4
61
Mar 26, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 8 minor violations.
View 9 violations
High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Machine was primed and re-ran and achieved proper ppm. Dishwasher (Chlorine 0ppm); Dishwasher (Chlorine 100ppm) **Corrected On-Site**
22-41-4
Basic - Accumulation of pink and red mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. **Repeat Violation**
22-20-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance throughout the back of the house. **Repeat Violation**
36-34-5
Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing in multiple areas throughout the back of the house.
36-03-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler door gasket torn and door will not close properly. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris throughout the back of the house. Also excessive wet debris build-up on the floors under the equipment at the bar. This should be kept clean and dry to avoid pest harborage.
36-73-4
Basic - Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Kitchen and dish room exhaust fans had dust build-up.
36-50-4
Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation area. **Repeat Violation**
36-02-5
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust in multiple areas throughout the back of the house. **Repeat Violation**
36-27-5
58
Dec 26, 2024
Complaint Full
5 critical violations. 6 major violations. 14 minor violations.
View 25 violations
High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Raw sausage in a maketable at improper temperature and unable to determine how long it had been out of temperature. See stop sale.
01B-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw sausage in a maketable at improper temperature and unable to determine how long it had been out of temperature. See stop sale.
03A-02-5
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Two cans of propane for the burner were stored adjacent to a box of food handling gloves, which are a food-contact surface.
41-10-4
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired December 1, 2024.
50-17-3
High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Six portions of tuna were thawed in vacuum packaging in the reach-in cooler without opening. Cook discarded.
01B-03-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Holster for soda gun at the side bar unclean on the interior.
22-02-4
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at the front bar.
31B-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink at the back side of the front bar.
31B-03-4
Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels at the handwash sink next to the pizza oven.
31B-05-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. No date marks observed on any ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety foods prepared prior to today.
02C-02-5
Intermediate - Spray bottle containing blue toxic substance not labeled at the side bar.
41-17-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.
22-20-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance in the back of house. Ceiling vent in ladies room heavily soiled.
36-34-5
Basic - 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. Six portions of tuna were thawed in vacuum packaging in the reach-in cooler without opening. Cook discarded.
06-09-1
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Opened personal Fanta bottled drink stored commingled with produce in the produce cooler.
08B-49-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Maketable observed repaired with duct tape, making it no loner smooth and easily cleanable. Torn gasket on salad maketable. Door will not close on maketable.
14-11-5
Basic - Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. Two ice cream scoops stored as clean in the dish area had bubbling finish on the food contact surface.
14-10-4
Basic - Exterior door to the kitchen propped open with no screen or mesh to protect against environmental or pest contamination. **Repeat Violation**
35B-01-4
Basic - Five carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured, located in the back storage area.
51-11-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Multiple jugs of salad dressings were stored directly on the floor in the walk-in cooler.
08B-38-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees in the ladies room and at multiple bar hand washing sinks
31B-04-4
Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Hand washing sink by the pizza oven is leaking onto the floor.
29-08-4
Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, and warewashing area. **Repeat Violation**
36-02-5
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust in multiple areas in the back of house.**Repeat Violation** **Repeat Violation**
36-27-5
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Multiple dry foods unlabeled in working containers.
02D-01-5
13
Oct 2, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 8 violations
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Spray bottle of Purrell Surface Sanitizer stored improperly next to spices and plastic portion cups in the storage room next to the kitchen.
41-10-4
Intermediate - Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Menus contained asterisks to indicate which items are served raw. However, several of the menus were trimmed and cut off the advisory. During the visit, employee pulled out of service all menus that did not contain the advisory. Establishment will reprint those menus. **Corrective Action Taken**
02B-02-5
Intermediate - No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Two cooks and two bartenders working.
53A-05-6
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink in the kitchen.
31B-02-4
Basic - Exterior rear kitchen door was left open and has no screen or mesh to protect against vermin or environmental contamination.
35B-01-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Repeat Violation**
10-20-4
Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Back of the house floors are unsealed concrete, peeling in some areas and not smooth and easily cleanable. **Repeat Violation**
36-02-5
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated dust by the large ice machine in the dish area. Wall between the pizza oven and the fryers soiled with grease and dust build-up.
36-27-5
52
May 28, 2024
Routine - Food
1 minor violation.
View 1 violation
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. Floors throughout the back of house have peeling and missing coating with exposed unsealed concrete. Floor under the pizza oven is gravel, not a smooth and easily cleanable surface. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-05-28: Time extended to allow Operator the opportunity to correct. **Time Extended**
36-02-5
95
Mar 27, 2024
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 3 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 10 violations
Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, or Tobacco Use
FL-06
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Food Obtained from Approved Sources
FL-11
Proper Hot and Cold Holding Temperatures
FL-21
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Hot and Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
FL-25
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Toilet Rooms Maintained
FL-53
37
Oct 16, 2023
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 4 major violations. 13 minor violations.
View 22 violations
High Priority - Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. Observed four packages of bread rolls in the bread storage room with a heavy build up of a green mold-like substance in the packages on the surfaces of the rolls. **Warning**
01B-07-4
High Priority - Improper hot holding at the bain marie and the hot dog steamer. Observed beer cheese (107F - Hot Holding); nacho cheese (113F - Hot Holding); hot dogs (113F - Hot Holding). Employee stated all were placed into service less than two hours' prior. All product was placed into the large oven for rapid reheating. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03B-01-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw grouper stored directly above an open pan of cooked pork in the drawer below in a make table next to the fryers. Employee moved raw fish to below the cooked pork. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sliced tomatoes (56F - Cold Holding); cut lettuce (61F - Cold Holding); cole slaw (65F - Cold Holding). Product was held in top of maketable next to hot bain marie. Employee stated product had bee placed into service 15 minutes prior. Product removed to interior/bottom of unit for rapid cool down. Repeat violation 1/20/23. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed 2 cans of butane spray stored directly on top of sealed tortillas in the back storage area. Observed spray bottle of Purrell hanging on the spice rack. Observed spray bottle of Purrell hanging on the clean dish rack. **Warning**
41-10-4
Intermediate - Equipment drain line draining into handwash sink at both bars. . Repeat from visit on 1/20/23 **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31A-10-4
Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. no proof of training provided for Kendall, who was hired over 60 days prior. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Bartender has no food handler training and has been employed 2 years. **Warning**
53B-02-5
Intermediate - Observed soda dispensing gun and holster containing heavy build-up debris at the back bar. **Warning**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed multiple pans of TCS food in the walk-in cooler with no date marking. Employee stated they were prepped yesterday. **Warning**
02C-02-5
Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. **Warning**
32-12-5
Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
14-09-4
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors throughout the back of the house observed heavily soiled with food and overall build-up, behind and under and around equipment. **Warning**
36-73-4
Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Floors throught the back of the house in poor repair, with heavily chiped concrete, broken areas and missing completely under the pizza oven (only gravel, no floor). **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-11-4
Basic - Multiple carbon dioxide tanks not adequately secured in multiple areas, both front and back of the house. **Warning**
51-11-4
Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Printed DBPR poster for Operator. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
51-13-4
Basic - No working ambient thermometers observed in the walk-in cooler and in the reach in cooler in the bread storage room **Warning**
05-09-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed shelving, interior of 2-compartment sink with heavy build-up of food, grease and debris. **Warning**
23-03-4
Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Observed drain pipe at the handwashing sink propped up with wooden blocks. **Warning**
29-08-4
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. repeat violation from 1/20/23 **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-20-5
Basic - Backflow device not located for convenient service or maintenance access. . Repeat frrom routine inspection 1/20/23. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-38-4
Basic - Ceilings throughout the back of the house observed heavily soiled. Ceiling in the walk-in cooler observed to have a heavy build-up of a white moldy substance. Accumulation of dust on ceiling and fixtures above the pizza make table. **Warning**
36-34-5
Basic - 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. Explained to employee the importance of proper thawing. Employee pierced each package to introduce oxygen into the portions. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
06-09-1
17
Jan 23, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations.
View 3 violations
Food Obtained from Approved Sources
FL-11
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Equipment Adequate to Maintain Product Temperature
FL-29
70
Dec 20, 2022
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 1 minor violation.
View 2 violations
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2022-08-05: Time Extension Given to Allow Time To Obtain Certified Food Managers Training **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2022-10-17: Time extended due to Hurricane Ian. Per operator manager certification has been completed and is not available at location after reopening. **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2022-12-20: No certified food manager for establishment. Fully new staff since last inspection. Operator has had class canceled twice since last routine inspection, next class is scheduled for 1/12/2023. **Time Extended**
53A-07-6
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable in outside beer walk-in cooler. This is a repeat violation from 4/7/2022 **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2022-08-05: **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2022-10-17: **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2022-12-20: **Time Extended**
36-11-4
86
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Island House Bar and Grill last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Island House Bar and Grill on file is from Apr 3, 2026. The public record contains 10 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Island House Bar and Grill?
Across the inspection record, “accumulation of black/green and pink mold-like substance” has been cited five times, more than any other issue at Island House Bar and Grill.
How does Island House Bar and Grill compare to other restaurants in Bonita Springs?
Island House Bar and Grill most recently scored 55 out of 100, which is lower than the Bonita Springs average of 80.
Has Island House Bar and Grill's inspection record improved over time?
Yes. Recent inspections at Island House Bar and Grill have averaged around eight violations per visit, down from roughly 11 earlier in the record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Island House Bar and Grill means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
How often is Island House Bar and Grill inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Island House Bar and Grill is inspected around three times per year on average.
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