BENIHANA

Name: BENIHANA
Address: 9918 GLADES ROAD, SUITE F-1, BOCA RATON, FL, 33434, US
Rating: 57.8

9918 GLADES ROAD, SUITE F-1, BOCA RATON, FL 33434

License #6021934

🍱 Japanese/Sushi ℹ️

57.8 Grade F / 100

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Latest inspection

September 9, 2026 · 4 findings · 4 critical

Routine - Food

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BENIHANA in BOCA RATON currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 57.8 out of 100 — an F grade — a serious pattern of repeat or critical violations. This restaurant has been inspected 10 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on September 9, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 39 total violations — 17 critical, 8 major, 14 minor.

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December 20, 2024

The latest inspection on September 9, 2026 shows 4 observation rows: 4 critical, 0 major, and 0 minor.

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Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
[08A-08-5] Raw animal food stored in same container as ready-to-eat food. At sushi station-imitation crab sticks, stored in same container as raw fish operator removed and stored properly.
[08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At reach in cooler drawer -raw shrimp stored over pasteurized shell eggs, operated removed, and stored properly.
[12A-17-4] Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Kitchen area- employee handle dirty dishes that proceeded to wash their hands for approximately six seconds before handling clean equipment-educated operator-employee wash their hands properly.
[12A-25-4] Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. At cookline area- employee touch their face and then proceeded to engage in food, preparation and handle clean equipment without washing their hands-educated operator-employee wash their hands properly.

Disposition: Warning Issued
[06-09-1] 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. At walk in cooler - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged tuna bearing label to remove from packaging before thaw not removed- operator cut bag.
[01B-28-5] Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. Observed bowls of precooked noodles date marked/ prepared 05/07/2024 - food stored for 8 days- see stop sale.
[14-86-1] Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. At sushi station - container of lotus root stored with non food grade paper towels- operator removed.
[08A-02-6] Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. At walk in freezer raw fish eggs not commercially packaged stored over tamago ( cooked egg omelet) operator stored properly
[08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At walk in cooler raw beef stored over pasteurized liquid egg- operator moved raw beef to lower shelf.
[03A-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At flip top cooler by sushi station-precooked noodles (45F - 47F cold holding)- cold holding - food not prepared or portioned today- food out of temperature for 3 hours- operator moved walk in cooler to quick chill.
[03F-02-5] Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale. At sushi station- no time mark for sushi rice - operator time marked for remaining 30 minutes.
[03D-15-4] Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. At flip top cooler by back cookline area- tofu (45F @1:40pm - 45F @2:50pm - Cooling since 11:30am)- at current rate of cooling food will not reach 41F within remaining time- operator moved to walk in cooler to quick chill. At flip top cooler by sushi station- raw chopped chicken (45F @2:40pm - 46F @3:00pm - Cooling since 11:30am); steak (48F @2:40pm - 48F @3:00pm - Cooling since 11:30am); raw chopped steak (48F @2:40pm - 48F @3:00pm - Cooling since 11:30 am); raw chicken (47F @2:40pm 48F @3:00pm - Cooling since 11:30 am) at current rate of cooling food will not reach 41F within remaining time- operator moved to walk in cooler to quick chill.
[31B-02-4] No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at dish machine handwash sink- operator provided.
[02C-02-5] Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. At front counter reach in cooler- cooked pork prepared on 05/12/24 not date marked- operator date marked.