Cleanest restaurants in Florida: 35 metros ranked

We ranked Florida’s 35 largest metros by the share of restaurants that passed their latest inspection, using 66,826 official inspection records from Florida DBPR — Division of Hotels & Restaurants (myfloridalicense.com). Every metro is measured the same way, so this is a fair comparison — Destin comes out cleanest at 92.1%, Ocala lowest at 69.6%.

1. 1
   Destin92.1%

   826 of 897 restaurants passed their latest inspection

2. 2
   Key West91.5%

   754 of 824 restaurants passed their latest inspection

3. 3
   Pensacola90.7%

   932 of 1,028 restaurants passed their latest inspection

4. 4
   Lakeland90.1%

   1,732 of 1,923 restaurants passed their latest inspection

5. 5
   Kissimmee89.6%

   1,213 of 1,354 restaurants passed their latest inspection

6. 6
   Orlando89.2%

   5,677 of 6,366 restaurants passed their latest inspection

7. 7
   Melbourne88.9%

   1,615 of 1,817 restaurants passed their latest inspection

8. 8
   Port Charlotte88.7%

   471 of 531 restaurants passed their latest inspection

9. 9
   Vero Beach87.9%

   414 of 471 restaurants passed their latest inspection

10. 10
    Port St. Lucie87.5%

    824 of 942 restaurants passed their latest inspection

11. 11
    Tallahassee87.2%

    751 of 861 restaurants passed their latest inspection

12. 12
    New Port Richey86.9%

    1,071 of 1,232 restaurants passed their latest inspection

13. 13
    Bradenton86.5%

    1,054 of 1,218 restaurants passed their latest inspection

14. 14
    Naples86.5%

    1,198 of 1,385 restaurants passed their latest inspection

15. 15
    Miami86.4%

    8,461 of 9,796 restaurants passed their latest inspection

16. 16
    Clermont86.3%

    999 of 1,158 restaurants passed their latest inspection

17. 17
    Tampa85.6%

    4,048 of 4,730 restaurants passed their latest inspection

18. 18
    Panama City85.1%

    763 of 897 restaurants passed their latest inspection

19. 19
    Spring Hill85.1%

    418 of 491 restaurants passed their latest inspection

20. 20
    Fort Myers84.9%

    2,283 of 2,689 restaurants passed their latest inspection

21. 21
    Sarasota84.7%

    1,241 of 1,465 restaurants passed their latest inspection

22. 22
    Sanford84.2%

    1,021 of 1,213 restaurants passed their latest inspection

23. 23
    St. Petersburg83.7%

    2,784 of 3,327 restaurants passed their latest inspection

24. 24
    Crystal River83.4%

    312 of 374 restaurants passed their latest inspection

25. 25
    Fort Lauderdale82.1%

    4,727 of 5,757 restaurants passed their latest inspection

26. 26
    Stuart81.3%

    478 of 588 restaurants passed their latest inspection

27. 27
    The Villages81.3%

    243 of 299 restaurants passed their latest inspection

28. 28
    Daytona Beach80.9%

    1,421 of 1,756 restaurants passed their latest inspection

29. 29
    Palm Coast79.6%

    230 of 289 restaurants passed their latest inspection

30. 30
    Gainesville77.6%

    646 of 833 restaurants passed their latest inspection

31. 31
    West Palm Beach74.5%

    3,316 of 4,453 restaurants passed their latest inspection

32. 32
    St. Augustine72.9%

    738 of 1,012 restaurants passed their latest inspection

33. 33
    Orange Park71.9%

    314 of 437 restaurants passed their latest inspection

34. 34
    Jacksonville71.4%

    2,417 of 3,384 restaurants passed their latest inspection

35. 35
    Ocala69.6%

    716 of 1,029 restaurants passed their latest inspection

Data from Florida DBPR — Division of Hotels & Restaurants, shown unmodified. Rankings reflect each establishment’s most recent inspection and refresh with the data feed. Tap any metro to search its restaurants and see individual grades and violations.