HA LONG BAY
20685 BRUCE B DOWNS BLVD · TAMPA · Hillsborough County · FL 33647
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
25 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee start work without washing hands. Observed an employee enter kitchen and put on gloves without washing hands **Warning**
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed female prep cook put on gloves and start cutting peppers at dish area without washing hands. **Warning**
12A-29-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed cook handle soiled fan without changing gloves or washing hands, then proceeded to work with food. **Warning**
35A-23-4High Priority – Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Observed 10 roach droppings and one empty egg sack on and around the fire suppression pull handle. Manager cleaned and sanitized area **Warning**
12A-09-4High Priority – Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Observed cook in kitchen go into mop closet then went back into kitchen and worked with food without changing gloves **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At sandwich station: cooked shrimp 71F, cold holding; shredded lettuce 65F, cold holding; cooked rehydrated rice noodles 70F, cold holding Cook line: raw shrimp (57F – Cold Holding); raw calamari (57F – Cold Holding); raw scallops (57F – Cold Holding); cooked chicken ( – Cooling). Manager iced down product, raw shrimp re-temp (32F – Cold Holding); raw calamari re-temp (32F – Cold Holding) Server line, bean sprouts (81F, cold holding) **Warning**
29-34-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. **Warning**
Intermediate 10
51-16-7Intermediate – Establishment added Boba station with cooler, hand sink and ice well. Observed electrical pump attached to piping from hand sink leading to back kitchen. Added sandwich station with toaster oven, 1 reach in cooler, 1 reach in freezer, spring roll station, cutting boards and 2 steamers. There is a non designated sink that is not accessible to wash hands as it is blocked by reach in freezer. Server station added with hand wash sink and soda station with ice well in back hallway. Added food and dry storage racks that have customer access leading to rest rooms. In kitchen area there is additional 2 compartment prep sink, server station, prep table with rice cookers, 5 additional prep tables, additional gas range not fitting under hood system, slicer, 2 make line coolers. Insufficient hand wash sinks in kitchen on cook line due to multiple hand washing violations observed. No plan review submitted and approved – renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board stained on sandwich station. **Warning**
31A-07-4Intermediate – Handwash sink missing in warewashing or food preparation area. Additional prep areas added in kitchen and inadequate hand sinks present **Warning**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand sink at dish area fully blocked by buckets and pots. Hand sink at sandwich station inaccessible due to reach in freezer and steamers blocking access **Warning**
16-37-1Intermediate – No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. **Warning**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at Hand sink in dish area. **Warning**
11-26-1Intermediate – No proof provided that some food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. **Warning**
53B-13-5Intermediate – Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Multiple cooked foods, and broths in walk in cooler and freezer not dated. **Warning**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Bottle of unlabeled purple cleaner in server station not labeled. **Warning**
Basic 8
36-37-5Basic – Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas, in boba and sandwich stations. **Warning**
12B-12-5Basic – Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Observed open employee drink on cook line. Discussed with manager about putting lid and straw. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed cell phone and personal beverages on prep surface in sandwich station **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed multiple buckets of sauces, cases of meats, bag of rice, and cases of oil all stored on floor in dry storage and walk in units **Warning**
31B-04-4Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees at boba station **Warning**
08B-63-4Basic – Observed storage racks with bags of sugar spices, drinks, and other items in back hallway leading to bathrooms with customer access **Warning**
25-09-4Basic – Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination. Observed in back hallway leading to bathrooms **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bucket of cornstarch not labeled in kitchen **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 30, 2026 2:00 PM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
5 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.