Pho 99 Vietnamese Grill
Last inspected: Dec 29, 2025
47
Score
Pho 99 Vietnamese Grill, located at 1921 Lane Ave S in Jacksonville, FL, had a high-risk inspection on December 29, 2025, with a score of 47. The inspection noted one critical, two major, and eight minor violations. This most recent inspection continues a historical pattern of mostly high-risk scores across nine recorded inspections for Pho 99 Vietnamese Grill.
9
Inspections
1
Critical latest
2
Major latest
8
Minor latest
Inspection History
Dec 29, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 8 minor violations.
47
Aug 19, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 2 major violations. 9 minor violations.
33
Feb 28, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation.
86
Feb 25, 2025
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 3 major violations. 10 minor violations.
25
Aug 26, 2024
Routine - Food
7 critical violations. 2 major violations. 9 minor violations.
18
Feb 13, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 8 minor violations.
41
Sep 12, 2023
Routine - Food
7 minor violations.
67
Apr 3, 2023
Food-Licensing Inspection
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 1 minor violation.
52
Oct 13, 2022
Food-Licensing Inspection
1 major violation. 5 minor violations.
70
Violations — Dec 29, 2025 Inspection
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed multiple plastic cups with no handle used as scooping mechanisms throughout kitchen. Person in charge removed cups and replaced with handled scoops. **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed employee speaker and cell phone stored on shelf above food items on cook line.
40-06-5
Basic - Employee preparing food in customer section of dining area. Observed employee cutting jalapenos at bar top.
08B-48-4
Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Observed 1 employee engaging in food preparation while wearing a bracelet. **Repeat Violation**
13-07-4
Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed tongs hanging from oven door handle and possibly exposed to contamination from floor or passerby's.
10-20-4
Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Observed leftover bags of meat balls used for storage of other food items throughout kitchen area. **Repeat Violation**
25-32-4
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed raw chicken and raw shrimp thawing at room temperature in prep area. Person in charge moved food items to sink and turned on cold running water. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
06-01-5
Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Observed wiping cloth solution stored on floor by three compartment sink.
21-38-4
High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. Observed employee wash hands in hand wash sink with no soap on cook line. Inspector educated employee proper handwashing procedures. **Corrective Action Taken**
12A-20-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Observed no soap at hand wash sink on cook line.
31B-03-4
Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Observed multiple cooked food items with no date marking when cooked in walk-in freezer.
02C-04-5
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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