LAZEEZ SHAWARMA AND MEDITERRANEAN GRILL
#14-255 King St N, WATERLOO ON N2J 4V2 · Facility
Inspection summary
LAZEEZ SHAWARMA AND MEDITERRANEAN GRILL has been inspected 6 times by Region of Waterloo Public Health since November 20, 2024. The most recent inspection, on January 26, 2026, recorded 3 infractions.
1 of 6 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there was 1 inspection with 3 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Cleaning and sanitizing and Protecting food from contamination.
Recent inspections have recorded fewer infractions than earlier ones, so the record is improving.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their findings differently, so we group them by what they mean for your health. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk
Surfaces, dishes and tools that touch food or people must be cleaned and then sanitized or disinfected. Inspectors check sanitizer strength, dishwasher temperatures and how cleaning is done. Poor sanitizing lets germs survive from one use to the next.
Recorded 6 times across 5 separate inspections, most recently on January 26, 2026. For example:
Either mechanical or manual dishwashing is provided
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
This covers how food and supplies are stored and handled: kept covered, off the floor, and away from anything that could contaminate them. Where food is served, raw meat must be kept away from ready-to-eat food, a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.
Recorded 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on January 26, 2026. For example:
Food protected from contamination or adulteration
Food safety training and certificationLower risk
Many jurisdictions require a trained or certified person on site, such as a certified food handler. These findings mean the training record or the trained person was missing at the time. They do not by themselves mean anything was handled unsafely.
Recorded 4 times across 3 separate inspections, most recently on January 26, 2026. For example:
Certified food handler present in the food service premise
Other findingsLower risk
Findings that do not fit the categories above, such as follow-ups that confirm an earlier violation was corrected, or requirements specific to this type of facility.
Recorded once on September 17, 2025. For example:
Sanitary facilities maintained as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code)
About this data
These results come from Region of Waterloo Public Health, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
6 inspections
- Compliance Inspection
3 infractions
- Either mechanical or manual dishwashing is provided
- Provide adequate equipment (manual or mechanical) for cleaning and sanitizing utensils as required
- Provide drainage racks that are corrosion-resistant
- Food protected from contamination or adulteration
- Protect food from contamination and adulteration
- Store raw foods separate and below cooked / ready-to-eat foods
- Certified food handler present in the food service premise
- Ensure a food handler or supervisor, who is a certified food handler, is present during all hours of operation
- Either mechanical or manual dishwashing is provided
- Re-inspection
0 infractions
- Compliance Inspection
3 infractions
- Either mechanical or manual dishwashing is provided
- Provide adequate equipment (manual or mechanical) for cleaning and sanitizing utensils as required
- Sanitary facilities maintained as prescribed in Ontario Regulation 332/12 (Building Code)
- Sanitary facilities altered in floor space, toilets or washbasins without approval from a public health inspector
- Fail to maintain design, construction and installation requirements in Building Code
- Equipment, utensils, multi-service articles and all food contact surfaces are properly constructed and maintained
- Ensure equipment, utensils and or multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized
- Either mechanical or manual dishwashing is provided
- Compliance Inspection
1 infraction
- Equipment, utensils, multi-service articles and all food contact surfaces are properly constructed and maintained
- Ensure equipment, utensils and or multi-service articles in good repair
- Ensure equipment, utensils and or multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized
- Equipment, utensils, multi-service articles and all food contact surfaces are properly constructed and maintained
- Compliance Inspection
4 infractions
- Food protected from contamination or adulteration
- Protect food from contamination and adulteration
- Floors, walls, and ceilings clean and in good repair and maintained in a sanitary manner
- Cleaning required around, under, and behind kitchen equipment, counters, and baseboards
- Ensure ceilings are kept clean and in good repair
- Ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Ensure floors, walls, and ceilings are tight, smooth, and non-absorbent
- Ensure walls are kept clean and in good repair
- Equipment, utensils, multi-service articles and all food contact surfaces are properly constructed and maintained
- Ensure equipment, utensils and or multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized
- Ensure ventilation system/exhaust hood/filters/canopy is maintained in a clean and sanitary manner
- Food handlers who come into contact with food/utensils do so in a sanitary manner
- Ensure food handlers wash hands as often as necessary
- Food protected from contamination or adulteration
- Compliance Inspection
4 infractions
- Floors, walls, and ceilings clean and in good repair and maintained in a sanitary manner
- Ensure floors are kept clean and in good repair
- Separate hand washing basin provided for food handlers
- Ensure hand washing basin is unobstructed and accessible for hand washing
- Hand washing stations must be conveniently accessible by food handlers
- Equipment, utensils, multi-service articles and all food contact surfaces are properly constructed and maintained
- Ensure equipment, utensils and or multi-service articles are cleaned and sanitized
- Ensure ventilation system/exhaust hood/filters/canopy is maintained in a clean and sanitary manner
- Food handlers who come into contact with food/utensils do so in a sanitary manner
- Ensure food handlers wash hands as often as necessary
- Floors, walls, and ceilings clean and in good repair and maintained in a sanitary manner
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