Lucky Garden
Last inspected: Apr 8, 2026
25
Score
The health department has logged eight inspections at Lucky Garden, the earliest from 2022. The latest inspection on file is from Apr 8, 2026. High risk indicates the latest inspection turned up problems worth knowing about.
Violation counts have ticked up lately, averaging around 16 violations per visit versus roughly nine violations earlier in the record.
“Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce” comes up most often, recorded four times in the inspection record.
The city-wide average sits at 76, which Lucky Garden's 25 doesn't quite reach. This restaurant has more on its record than most do.
8
Inspections
4
Critical latest
1
Major latest
14
Minor latest
Inspection History
Apr 8, 2026
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 1 major violation. 14 minor violations.
View 19 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw chicken over broccoli and cabbage in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08A-04-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shelled eggs over sauces in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over raw shrimp in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-20-5
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken over raw beef not in original packaging in walk in freezer. Educated operator, he will correct when done in walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
08A-17-6
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. None on site.
16-37-1
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. White rice has bowl used to scoop ready to eat rice. Bowl used to scoop uncooked rice.**Corrected On-Site** **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling tile in back of kitchen has mold like substance.
36-34-5
Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Black tape used on gaskets two door stainless reach in cooler in front of kitchen. White upright reach in freezer repaired handle with duct tape. **Repeat Violation**
14-71-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. White upright freezer has torn gasket. Walk in freezer has torn gasket. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door has gap at bottom and hole where door knob should be.
35B-01-4
Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Raw shrimp and raw chicken stored on floor in walk in cooler.
08B-47-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Oil and soy sauce buckets stored on floor on cook line. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
10-20-4
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. One of two restrooms missing handwashing sign.
31B-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Two door stainless reach in cooler in back soiled gaskets. White chest freezer in back gaskets soiled with mold like substance. Walk in cooler gasket soiled with mold like substance. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Two door reach in cooler front, bottom shelf soiled with food debris. Two door reach in cooler in back.
22-16-4
Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Black and Decker drill stored over food prep area. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
42-03-5
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop not stored to dry in back of kitchen.
42-01-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Wet wiping cloths stored on prep table no sanitizer bucket set up. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
21-09-4
25
Dec 3, 2025
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 3 major violations. 10 minor violations.
View 18 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw pork over ready to eat egg rolls in walk in freezer all repackaged. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw chicken over produce in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-04-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over raw pork and raw shrimp in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken over raw pork in walk in freezer both repackaged. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-17-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw beef in top of make table at 45f cold holding for more than four hours. Operator discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
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. Rice on cook line held for time control, no written plan. Operator discarded when we discussed. Gave operator time plan for future use. **Corrective Action Taken**
03F-10-5
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. All thawed foods not date marked in walk in cooler. Operator stated held for 48 hours.
02C-08-5
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. All prepared food on premises not date marked, operator stated held for 48 hours.
02C-02-5
Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. No covered trash receptacle in restroom.
32-12-6
Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Duct tape used on reach in cooler to hold gasket. Front of store two door stainless steel.
14-71-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. White reach in freezer has torn gasket, front of store. Small reach in cooler, two door stainless has torn gaskets. Walk in freezer has torn gasket. Reach in cooler in back room has torn gaskets.
14-11-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Oil and soy sauce stored on floor in back of kitchen. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler two door stainless front of store solid gaskets. Make table has soiled gaskets. Vent hood covers have dripping grease. Walk in cooler and walk in freezer gaskets soiled with mold like substance. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Drill stored over rice heater in back room. **Corrected On-Site**
42-03-5
Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Used to clean surfaces, educated owner and assisted with set up of sanitizer bucket. **Corrected On-Site**
21-09-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour bin not labeled. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
Basic - Worn, torn and/or soiled floors/carpeting. Tile floor under woks on cook line has build up of grease and food debris.
36-10-4
Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Dead roach in small two door reach in cooler front of store. Dead roach on tomato ketchup can back of store. Both removed and sanitized by operator. **Corrected On-Site**
35A-03-4
21
May 7, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 7 minor violations.
View 10 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. egg drop soup 84 F - hot holding; wonton soup 84 F - hot holding; owner rapid reheated
03B-01-6
High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Bags used in walk in freezer to cover food not food grade **Repeat Violation**
14-31-5
High Priority - Or Raw animal food stored over /Unwashed produced stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Kiwi stored over cooked chicken and pork in front reach in cooler Eggs over cooked pasta in back stainless double door reach in cooler- corrected by owner Raw chicken and pork over egg rolls Chicken stored over unwashed produce in walk in freezer- corrected by owner **Repeat Violation**
08A-05-6
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Multiple items throughout kitchen
14-01-5
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. In walk in cooler and reach in cooler
08B-49-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Sauce on floor placed on rack by owner **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Frozen time/temperature control for safety food being slacked at room temperature is no longer frozen solid. Raw chicken
06-06-5
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. No hand wash sign in one of bathrooms
31B-04-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filter soiled with grease **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wiping cloth on counter by soups
21-12-4
45
Nov 22, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Adequate Handwashing Facilities Supplied and Accessible
FL-10
Potentially Hazardous Food Held at Proper Temperature
FL-16
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Toxic Substances Properly Identified, Stored, Used
FL-32
50
Apr 19, 2024
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 2 minor violations.
View 6 violations
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. For black hose
29-34-4
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license.
50-17-3
High Priority - Raw chicken and beef stored over or with unwashed produce in the walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08A-04-5
High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Cooked chicken and egg rolls in the walk-in cooler.
02C-01-5
Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. In several coolers **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
21-05-5
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 85f
10-07-4
50
Oct 17, 2023
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 3 major violations. 9 minor violations.
View 15 violations
High Priority - Raw shrimp stored over open containers of cooked chicken **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08A-02-6
High Priority - Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. **Corrected On-Site**
41-15-5
High Priority - Raw chicken and beef stored over ready to eat vegetables in walk-in cooler **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08A-04-5
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Eggrolls, removed from package yesterday morning **Repeat Violation**
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Cutting board badly stained with mold like substance **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - Chemical test kit used expired and not reading correctly, advised to throw away and purchase more **Corrective Action Taken**
16-33-4
Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container, tong handles in raw shrimp product. **Corrected On-Site**
10-06-5
Basic - Stored food not covered, multiple foods in every reach-in cooler and walk-in cooler.
08B-12-5
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Raw chicken thawing in sink at room temperature, operator turned on running water **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
06-01-5
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4
Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair, water damage and mold like substance on multiple tiles in back of kitchen
36-32-5
Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface, red linens used to cover food in reach-in freezer **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
21-05-5
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public, bags of raw fish stored in the reach-in freezer **Repeat Violation**
08B-49-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair, gaskets on reach-in cooler next to register torn.
14-11-5
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and walk-in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
14-69-4
30
May 3, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 5 minor violations.
View 6 violations
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Equipment Adequate to Maintain Product Temperature
FL-29
Equipment, Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Approved
FL-35
Lighting Adequate; Required Shields in Place
FL-36
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
FL-28
67
Nov 8, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 11 minor violations.
View 13 violations
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Shell eggs over rte vegetables tall 2 door cooler **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Rice, egg rolls, noodles, general chicken not dated after cooked **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cup used to scoop rice and sugar **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Separate cooler for personal food not marked **Corrected On-Site**
08B-49-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Glasses on prep table **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-5
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets small reach in cooler front
14-11-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Frying oil **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Walk in freezer
14-69-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets small reach in cooler front Gaskets reach in chest freezer **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Scallops reach in chest freezer Corn starch dry storage **Corrected On-Site**
08B-12-5
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Raw chicken thawing in standing water still 30f Educated operator **Corrective Action Taken**
06-01-5
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Corn starch **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
45
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Lucky Garden last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Lucky Garden on file is from Apr 8, 2026. The public record contains eight inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Lucky Garden?
Across the inspection record, “raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce” has been cited four times, more than any other issue at Lucky Garden.
How does Lucky Garden compare to other restaurants in Palm Bay?
Lucky Garden most recently scored 25 out of 100, which is lower than the Palm Bay average of 76.
Has Lucky Garden's inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Lucky Garden have averaged around 16 violations per visit, up from roughly nine earlier in the record.
What does a high risk rating mean?
A high risk rating at Lucky Garden means the most recent inspection flagged either critical violations or a substantial number of smaller ones. Diners may want to read the violation details before deciding to visit.
How often is Lucky Garden inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Lucky Garden is inspected around two times per year on average.
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