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Restaurant Audit Checklist

by Mitch Huff, from the Community

Use this comprehensive restaurant audit checklist to evaluate exterior and interior cleanliness, restroom hygiene, and front-of-house standards. Verify staff grooming, uniforms, PPE, and glove use. Inspect kitchen floors, walls, equipment condition, prep areas, sinks, drain cleanliness, and chemical and linen storage. Review food safety controls including temperature logs, thermometers, labeling and dating, thawing and cooling methods, and cross contamination prevention. Ensure daily and weekly cleaning, opening and closing checklists, prep lists, order guides, and waste logs are current to maintain compliance and consistency.

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Restaurant Cleanliness and Food Safety Audit Checklist
This restaurant audit checklist helps managers assess exterior and interior cleanliness, team hygiene, kitchen equipment condition, storage and labeling, and compliance processes. Review restrooms, floors, prep areas, and handwashing stations; verify thermometers and logs; ensure correct cooling and thawing methods; and use opening, closing, and deep cleaning checklists to maintain food safety and operational standards.
by Mitch Huff, from the Community
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Management Restaurant Visit Checklist
Use this management restaurant visit checklist to run weekly audits that maintain brand standards and food safety. Evaluate exterior and interior cleanliness, restrooms, seating, signage, lighting, and trash. Review product quality and order accuracy with photo evidence. Assess team hygiene, uniforms, glove use, and drive-thru experience including upselling, courtesy, and service time. Inspect kitchen equipment and storage for cleanliness, temperature control, and organization. Verify safety processes such as temperature logs, cleaning calendars, communication boards, cross-contamination controls, pest prevention, and correction of health citations. Capture findings, add comments and media, and sign off.
by Emerson Arreza, from the Community
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Kitchen Standards and Compliance Checklist
Use this kitchen standards and compliance checklist to audit restaurant and catering operations. Cover kitchen cleanliness (walls, floors, equipment, fridges, prep areas), food safety (rotation, labeling, dates, handwashing, cross-contamination controls), temperature checks and records, storage, staff uniforms, and chemical use. Verify equipment maintenance, PPE, staff training within 2 years, electric fly killer placement, emergency release mechanisms, and step stools. Confirm daily paperwork, defrost and prep lists, wastage entries, and fridge layout plans. Track action points and responsibilities.
by phil watson, from the Community
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Management Restaurant Food Safety Visit Checklist
Use this management restaurant food safety visit checklist to assess front and back of house standards during weekly audits. Verify exterior and interior cleanliness, hygiene and grooming, drive-thru experience, kitchen equipment and refrigeration, storage and prep areas, and compliance processes. Record temperatures, check for cross contamination, correct health inspection violations, and monitor pest control. Attach photos, capture drive-thru times, and document findings with sign off to maintain consistent, compliant operations.
by Tom Cooper, from the Community
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