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Restaurant and Cafe Cleaning in Darwin
Back of house and front of house cleaning for Darwin restaurants, cafes and bars. We work before you open from 6am, after you close until 10pm, or on your closed day.
You get a written cleaning schedule with a frequency on every task, and a signed sheet after each visit. A venue that trades past 10pm gets its clean the next morning, finished before opening.
- A written schedule you can hand an environmental health officer
- Clean first, then sanitise
- Signed sheet after every visit
- Early mornings, after close or on your closed day
- 6am to 10pm
- Seven days, plus a 24-hour emergency line
- We stay until you're happy
- Our guarantee on every clean
- $10M
- Public liability insurance
- Free quotes
- Fixed before we start
Why are clean and sanitise two separate steps?
Because sanitising only works on a surface that has already been cleaned.
Cleaning takes off the grease, food and dirt. Sanitising then reduces germs on the clean surface, so skipping the first step means the second does very little.
Our crews pre-clean, wash with warm water and detergent, rinse, sanitise and leave surfaces to air dry. The food safety rules expect premises, fixtures and equipment to be kept clean, with no build up of grease, food waste or dirt.
What does an environmental health officer look for?
Three things, and the second one is a document many venues do not have.
A written cleaning schedule
A list of every cleaning and sanitising task with its frequency, method and who is responsible. We hand you that document at the start of a contract rather than leaving you to write it the night before.
Surfaces that can be cleaned at all
If a gap behind the fryer cannot be reached, no cleaning frequency fixes it. We will tell you that instead of charging you to keep trying.
The cleaning is half of it. The other half is being able to show what was cleaned, how often, and by whom.
What is in a clean?
Every line carries a frequency on the schedule. Daily, weekly, monthly or periodic, never the words as needed.
Canopy and duct work is quoted on the run of canopy, the number of filters, how far the ductwork goes and whether roof access is needed.
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Step 01
Walk the kitchen
With your chef or venue manager, outside service. We look behind the line, at the cool rooms and at the last inspection notes.
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Step 02
Schedule and quote
Every task with a frequency, method and owner. Safety data sheets for our products come with it.
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Step 03
Off peak, every time
Before you open from 6am, after close until 10pm, or on your closed day. Late trading venues get a next-morning clean before opening.
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Step 04
Signed and dated
A signed sheet per visit, so your file is current when an inspection lands unannounced.
Where does the grease actually go?
Some of it into the canopy and ductwork, and some into the grease trap. We clean the first, and a licensed waste contractor pumps the second.
- The grease trap is pumped out by a licensed waste contractor on the schedule your water authority sets
- Canopy, plenum and duct cleaning is ours, quoted as its own job and done on a closed day or before you open
- The routine clean covers everything around them: the line, the floor wastes, the walls and the equipment
We will note when the trap and the canopy are due on your schedule, so they stop being the thing nobody owns.
Why do Darwin venues stay with us?
Six reasons, one line each.
A Darwin office
93 Smith Street, Darwin City. Minutes from Mitchell Street and the Waterfront.
A schedule you can produce
Task, frequency, method and owner, written down before the first visit.
Signed after every visit
A dated sheet for your food safety file.
Around your service
6am to 10pm, seven days. Before open, after close, or on the closed day.
Insured for your site
We carry $10 million public liability insurance.
Happy before we leave
Our cleaners don't leave until you're happy with the work.
What do Darwin customers say about us?
How is restaurant cleaning priced in Darwin?
No rate card. We walk the venue and quote per visit against a written scope, given to you as a weekly figure.
What moves the number
Kitchen size and how much of it is reachable, cover count, how many cool rooms, whether front of house and customer toilets are in scope, and frequency. A venue cleaned more often costs less per visit, because the build up between visits is the real cost driver.
The seasonal question
Many Darwin venues are busiest through the dry season and quieter through the wet. We would rather use the quiet months for the deep work than run the same frequency all year.
If a quote is well under the others, check whether it includes behind the line, the cool rooms and the floor wastes. That is usually where the hours went missing.
What gets booked around the routine clean?
Quoted per job, and best done on a closed day.
Tile and grout
Kitchen and customer toilet floors where mopping stopped working. $38 per square metre. See tile and grout
Oven and rangehood
Ovens, grills and rangehood filters stripped and degreased. From $149. See oven cleaning
Pressure cleaning
Rear yard, bin area, outdoor dining and grease affected paving. From $195. See pressure washing
Window cleaning
Shopfront glass, louvres and outdoor dining screens. Up to 10 windows from $170. See window cleaning
Mould cleaning
Cool room surrounds, store rooms and ceilings after the wet. From $315. See mould cleaning
End of lease
Handing a venue back at the end of a lease or before a fit out. See end of lease
Which Darwin venues do we service?
CBD dining strips, the Waterfront, Cullen Bay and the suburbs. Restaurants, cafes, bars, clubs and bakeries. Send your address and we will confirm the same day.
City and coastal
- Darwin CBD
- Larrakeyah
- Stuart Park
- The Gardens
- Fannie Bay
- Parap
- Cullen Bay
- Nightcliff
Coastal salt air coats glass and louvre blades, requiring extra care on tracks.
Northern suburbs
- Casuarina
- Alawa
- Wagaman
- Leanyer
- Karama
- Malak
- Marrara
- Wanguri
High residential rental movement makes bond cleaning very common across these suburbs.
Palmerston and rural
- Palmerston
- Berrimah
- Winnellie
- Howard Springs
- Humpty Doo
Larger family blocks and sheds often combine regular cleans with outdoor pressure washing.
What do Darwin venue owners ask first?
Will this help at a food inspection?
That is the point of the written schedule. You get a list of every task with its frequency, method and who is responsible, plus a signed sheet per visit, so the evidence exists before anyone asks for it.
What is the difference between cleaning and sanitising?
Cleaning takes off the grease, food and dirt. Sanitising reduces germs on a surface that is already clean, which is why the order matters.
Can you work around service?
Yes, and we would rather. Routine work happens before open from 6am, after close until 10pm, or on your closed day. If you trade past 10pm we clean the next morning and finish before you open.
Do you clean exhaust canopies or service the grease trap?
Canopies and ducts, yes. Canopy, plenum and duct cleaning is quoted as its own job, priced on the size of the system and roof access. Grease trap pump outs belong to a licensed waste contractor, and we note the due dates on your schedule.
How much does restaurant cleaning cost in Darwin?
It is quoted after we walk the venue, because kitchen size, reach and frequency change the figure. You get a weekly number against a written scope.
Why does the wet season change anything?
Humidity. From November to April, cool room surrounds, store rooms and ceilings behave very differently, so the schedule adds mould checks for those months.
We stay until it's right
Our cleaners don't leave until you're happy with the work. For end of lease cleans, if you're not satisfied and tell us within 72 hours, we come back and re-clean.
Ready to book a kitchen walkthrough?
Send the venue address, roughly how many covers, what the kitchen runs and when you are closed. We walk it outside service, write the schedule with a frequency on every task, and send the quote.
- Reply within 2 hours
- No lock-in contracts
- Open 6am to 10pm, 7 days
Monday to Sunday: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
93 Smith St, Darwin City NT 0800
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