HARDEES

HARDEES comes out a B, 85/100 — passing, with room to tighten up, per its most recent inspection on April 17, 2026.

By health score it ranks safer than 30% of Orange County restaurants we grade. Its last report logged 1 high-priority and 7 basic violations. Diners give it 4.2 across 2,155 reviews.

B · 85/100 · safer than 30% of Orange County restaurants we grade

Get directions Call (407) 293-4784

Restaurant details

Health grade
B (85/100)
Violations
8 total — 1 high-priority, 7 basic
Address
5212 SILVER STAR RD, Orlando, FL
Cuisine
American
Categories
Fast food restaurant, American restaurant, Breakfast restaurant, Chicken restaurant, Hamburger restaurant, Lunch restaurant
Price
$1–10
Rating
4.2 stars (2155 reviews)
Seats
118
Phone
(407) 293-4784
Website
Official website
Photo of HARDEES
Photo: Hardee's

Community Rating

Reviews via Google
4.2 Community-sourced rating 2,155 reviews
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What diners say — our read

An average is a poor summary when the underlying reviews look like this. Reviewers who mention the staff rate this place 4.4 on average — it is working in the restaurant’s favour. After that, how long an order takes appears most often — 21% of the corpus, averaging 4.3.

16 of 19 rated reviews are four stars or higher; 3 are two or lower. Behind those, whether food comes out hot is raised in 16% of reviews (3.7 average). More reviewers landed on 5 stars than any other score — 16 of 19.

The kitchen graded a B (85/100) on 1 high-priority and 7 basic violations at its last inspection, which is roughly where the reviews sit too. That result dates from April 17, 2026. On health score it sits safer than 30% of the Orange County restaurants we grade. What the inspector actually wrote up: handwashing and nonfood-contact surfaces clean.

With both signals pointing the same way, there is little to argue about on this listing. The underlying reviews are reproduced in full underneath.

Our own analysis of 19 reviews for this restaurant, set against its Florida DBPR inspection record. How we calculate grades →

  • June 30, 2026

    Great Food And Amazing Employees 👏

  • June 27, 2026

    I did a mobile order today, pick up was at 5:45pm When I arrived I got there early. As I was patiently waiting for my food, I realize a plethora of young kids working for the company. There were two older individuals. One seems to be a general manager, and the other seems to be a trainer, which is a older Caucasian salt and pepper, hair, female all I can say is she needs to learn some patience and she needs to be retrained on how to train others first off when you hire somebody with experience or not they do not know the companies way they will have to be trained properly to learn the companies way on top of that if it’s a person first time having a job like a teenager, you definitely have to show patients just because the person been there for 3000+ years does not mean that they are entitled or capable of having a title of a lead person or training someone so I definitely needs to investigate it before you guys lose people that only doesn’t have to work like we all have to work but potential long-term candidates on the job!!!! I get it as you get older. You tend to be setting your ways but when you’re working with teenagers, or more so the same young adults you have to be patient with them. You can’t run the restaurant by yourself so you gotta learn to have once again some patients leadership nowadays day is going to be put in a situation to where it’s going to humble them for forcefully. To have a restaurant full of young folks actually says a lot about a company. It could…

  • June 24, 2026

    Drive thru late night mushroom and Swiss burger hot and amazing.

  • June 24, 2026

    Always good

  • June 15, 2026

    The worse ever, not what I expected from Hardee's, everything was of cold and tasted old.

  • June 9, 2026

    Great food!! Awesome interior with plants and stuff like restaurants used to have. Very nice place. The owner came up to me and my fiance and asked how we were doing and had a nice conversation with us. The food was exceptional, the service was fast and Dorothy, the very nice lady at the register, was amazing.

  • June 8, 2026

    Their sausage biscuit is the bomb

  • June 2, 2026

    Great home town cooking

  • May 29, 2026

    Fast and friendly

  • May 29, 2026

    Always great service and good fast food. Exceptionally clean and well-managed, as it has been since the Habercamps owned and operated Burger Chef on this property in the 70s.

  • May 22, 2026

    Food was amazing. Service and location subpat

  • May 18, 2026

    I really enjoyed the new sandwich, the service was get the staff was warm friendly and professional.

  • May 18, 2026

    Best fries best burger best service and I will never put another burger place above this 😅

  • May 16, 2026

    Very rude customer service. Meanwhile they messed up on my order and didn’t even use my coupon. The supervisor states she can’t do anything about it , and that even the owner is going to say the same thing? I would appreciate it if someone reached out to me please.

  • May 14, 2026

    I’ve never had a problem with this restaurant or the service or the food and the staff treat the customers like customers.

  • May 9, 2026

    This Hardee's has been here for decades and the food has always been good. The people who work here care. The biscuits in the morning 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • May 6, 2026

    Food tastes good upscale version of a mcdonald's to me. It is in a bad location Unfortunately, but the service is amazing. And the people are great that work there.

  • April 24, 2026

    Food was great, employees were great, probably the best hardees I've been to! If you're in the area it is definitely worth the stop!

  • April 21, 2026

    The mushroom Swiss burger is out of this world I love this place so will you...

Overall Score

51 / 100

  • Health inspection grade 30/40
    Grade B
  • Dietary transparency 0/20
    None listed
  • Community rating 17/20
    4.2★ average
  • Hidden-gem status 0/10
    Not flagged
  • Track record 4/10
    Stable, 0% clean

Composite score from health grade, dietary options, ratings, and inspection record — distinct from the state-derived health grade.

Opening hours

Monday
6 AM to 10 PM
Tuesday
6 AM to 10 PM
Wednesday
6 AM to 10 PM
Thursday
6 AM to 10 PM
Friday
6 AM to 11 PM
Saturday
6 AM to 11 PM
Sunday
6 AM to 10 PM

Inspection history

The following records are from Florida DBPR public inspection records, most recent first.

  1. April 17, 2026 · Routine - Food

    Inspection Completed - No Further Action

    1 high-priority · 0 intermediate · 7 basic

    • 12 — Handwashing; employee eating/drinking/smoking practices
    • 14 — Food-contact & nonfood-contact surfaces properly designed/maintained (×2)
    • 23 — Nonfood-contact surfaces clean
    • 29 — Plumbing installed & maintained; mop sink; backflow prevention
    • 36 — Floors, walls, ceilings clean & maintained; proper ventilation (×3)

Safer options nearby

Higher-graded restaurants close to HARDEES, by Florida DBPR grade:

  • PIZZA HUT / WING STREET

    3.4★ 0.1 mi away

  • SPRING ROLLS

    3.7★ 0.1 mi away

  • CARIBBEAN VIBES SPORTS CLUB LLC

    4.8★ 1.1 mi away

This grade is calculated by us from Florida DBPR public inspection records — Florida does not issue official grades. How we calculate it →

Data last updated: April 17, 2026