Cold storage for hospitality
Coolrooms for Restaurants and Cafes in Sydney
A restaurant’s walk-in coolroom is the one piece of equipment the whole kitchen leans on. When it holds temperature, service runs. When it fails on a Friday night, you are losing stock by the hour. We build walk-in coolrooms for restaurants, cafes and commercial kitchens across Greater Sydney from our Penrith base, backed by 15+ years in the trade.
Built Around Your Kitchen's Workflow
A coolroom that fights the kitchen workflow costs you money every service. If the door opens into the prep line, if stock rotation means unloading half the shelves, if the chef cannot see what is running low, staff leave the door open longer and the room works harder. We design the room around the way your kitchen moves: door placement that suits the prep flow, shelving runs that let staff grab and go, and a layout that makes first-in-first-out rotation the easy option rather than a chore.
Sydney hospitality sites are rarely generous with space, and that is fine. Compact walk-ins are our normal work. Because we build rather than drop in a standard box, the room can use an awkward corner, duck under a beam or run to a non-standard height, so you get the most cold storage the site can physically hold. See coolroom construction for how the builds go together.
Food Grade Panels and Doors That Last
Councils and food safety auditors expect clean, sealed, washable surfaces, and a commercial kitchen gives its coolroom a hard life. We build food grade rooms with EPS-FR and PIR panel systems: EPS-FR as the cost effective standard for chiller temperatures, PIR where thermal performance or compliance demands more. Doors are custom insulated units with seals and hardware specified for constant service traffic, because in a busy kitchen the door is opened hundreds of times a day and it is the first thing to fail on a cheap build.
Breakdown Risk Is Stock Loss
The bigger cost of a failing coolroom is the cabinet full of protein and prep you throw out, plus the services you cannot run. That risk is why we pair building and repairing rooms with mobile coolroom hire. If your room goes down, or you need extra cold storage for a renovation or a big event week, a mobile room on site keeps you trading while the permanent fix happens. We also repair rooms regardless of who built them, so one call covers the breakdown and the bridge.
From Free Site Inspection to Handover
Start with the online quote form, which takes about two minutes, or contact us directly. We do a free site inspection, measure the space, check power, drainage and access, and talk through your delivery cycle and menu so the room is sized for the job. You get a written quote for the real scope, and most builds run two to six weeks from confirmed order to handover. For what moves the price up or down, read the coolroom cost guide. It is the same crew with Woolworths, DHL, Arnotts and Aldi on its track record, alongside smaller hospitality venues and food processors, on your site.
Restaurant and Cafe Coolroom FAQs
How much does a restaurant coolroom cost?
Panel supply typically runs $40 to $70 per square metre depending on core and thickness, and the installed price then moves with room size, door selection, refrigeration and site access. Our coolroom cost guide explains what drives the number, and a free site inspection turns it into a written quote for your actual site.
What size walk-in coolroom does a restaurant or cafe need?
Size it off your delivery cycle and menu, not the space left over after the fitout. A venue taking daily fresh deliveries can run leaner than one prepping for weekend service off two deliveries a week. Compact sites are our normal work: we build to the space you have and design shelving runs so staff find stock fast and the door shuts sooner.
How long does the build take, and can we keep trading?
Most rooms run two to six weeks from confirmed order to handover, depending on size, refrigeration lead times and access. Where the site allows we program the disruptive stages around your service periods, and if you need cold storage while the work happens, mobile coolroom hire can bridge the gap. You get a realistic program at quote stage, not a surprise mid-build.
Our coolroom was installed by another company. Can you repair it?
Yes. Repairs on other builders’ rooms are standard work: doors that will not seal, damaged panels, rooms that run warm or ice up. In hospitality a failing coolroom is a food safety problem as much as a repair job, so we treat it with urgency, and if you lose the room entirely a mobile coolroom can keep you trading while we fix it.
Get a Restaurant Coolroom Quote
Every project is different, so we start with a site visit rather than a guess over the phone. We assess your space, talk through temperature requirements and floor considerations, and put together a detailed quote based on what your business actually needs. No obligation, just a straight answer on what is involved and what it will cost.