Cleanest restaurants in Florida: 23 metros ranked

We ranked Florida’s 23 largest metros by the share of restaurants that passed their latest inspection, using 58,934 official inspection records from Florida DBPR — Division of Hotels & Restaurants. Every metro is measured the same way, so this is a fair comparison — Pensacola comes out cleanest at 90.7%, Ocala lowest at 67.3%.

1. 1
   Pensacola90.7%

   917 of 1,011 restaurants passed their latest inspection

2. 2
   Kissimmee90%

   1,209 of 1,344 restaurants passed their latest inspection

3. 3
   Lakeland88.3%

   1,662 of 1,883 restaurants passed their latest inspection

4. 4
   Orlando86.4%

   5,427 of 6,279 restaurants passed their latest inspection

5. 5
   Tallahassee86.2%

   728 of 845 restaurants passed their latest inspection

6. 6
   Melbourne86%

   1,544 of 1,796 restaurants passed their latest inspection

7. 7
   Port St. Lucie85.9%

   796 of 927 restaurants passed their latest inspection

8. 8
   Bradenton84.9%

   1,021 of 1,203 restaurants passed their latest inspection

9. 9
   Clermont84.4%

   966 of 1,145 restaurants passed their latest inspection

10. 10
    New Port Richey84%

    1,013 of 1,206 restaurants passed their latest inspection

11. 11
    Miami83.9%

    8,110 of 9,668 restaurants passed their latest inspection

12. 12
    Tampa83.3%

    3,881 of 4,661 restaurants passed their latest inspection

13. 13
    Fort Myers83.2%

    2,211 of 2,656 restaurants passed their latest inspection

14. 14
    Naples83.1%

    1,135 of 1,366 restaurants passed their latest inspection

15. 15
    Sarasota82.4%

    1,195 of 1,451 restaurants passed their latest inspection

16. 16
    Sanford81.8%

    978 of 1,196 restaurants passed their latest inspection

17. 17
    St. Petersburg81.5%

    2,676 of 3,284 restaurants passed their latest inspection

18. 18
    Fort Lauderdale79.1%

    4,501 of 5,693 restaurants passed their latest inspection

19. 19
    Daytona Beach76.1%

    1,328 of 1,746 restaurants passed their latest inspection

20. 20
    Gainesville73.8%

    609 of 825 restaurants passed their latest inspection

21. 21
    West Palm Beach72.5%

    3,188 of 4,396 restaurants passed their latest inspection

22. 22
    Jacksonville68.3%

    2,283 of 3,341 restaurants passed their latest inspection

23. 23
    Ocala67.3%

    681 of 1,012 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.