A restaurant's cleaning has to fit round its sittings. Front of house is cleaned before the doors open: floors, tables, chairs and banquettes, glass, the bar and the washrooms.
The kitchen is cleaned down after each service - surfaces, sinks, floors and the outsides of fridges and ovens - so the next shift starts clean. Heavier work, such as pulling out equipment, degreasing walls and cleaning canopies, is booked for when the kitchen is closed. Environmental health officers can arrive unannounced and score food hygiene from 0 to 5. The rating is published online and often shown on the door, and the cleanliness of the kitchen is part of what is scored, alongside the records that show cleaning is being done. We schedule every restaurant contract around your opening hours, your quiet days and the parts of the kitchen your chefs need, so the place is ready for both the first table and an inspector.
A missed clean in a restaurant shows on the first table of the night. Here is what a Bayleaf restaurant contract covers as standard, beside the things kitchens are often billed extra for or left without.
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We clean restaurants across London - single sites in Soho and Notting Hill, and groups with branches in the City, Shoreditch and the outer boroughs - wherever they sit within the M25. London restaurants share the same problems: small kitchens, narrow back stairs, timed deliveries and council rules on when bins can go out. We plan arrival times and kit around each site's own access and loading times.
An area manager cannot stand in every kitchen at close. So we inspect front of house, the washrooms and the kitchen against the cleaning plan you signed off, and send each branch's findings to the people who run it.
Your operations manager inspects the dining room, bar, washrooms and kitchen using our app and the specification you agreed. The head chef or general manager reads each report through and signs it.
Every fault is assigned, with a deadline, and comes off the list only after a second look, so the same greasy skirting or missed shelf does not turn up at the next inspection.
Problems found in one kitchen - grease building up behind the same make of fryer, a hand-wash sink that keeps being missed - are written into the training our cleaners get at every other site.
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A restaurant quote starts from your opening hours, the number of covers and the size of the kitchen and dining room. We look round with your manager, split the work into what happens every day and what waits for a deep clean, and price the hours that adds up to.
Our Restaurants Deep Cleaning prices start from:
£34
per hour
Equipment pulled out and cleaned behind
Walls and floors degreased
Booked on your closed day
Our Restaurants Daily Cleaning prices start from:
£20
per hour
Front of house before you open
Uniforms, products and machines supplied
Kitchen cleaned down at close
Our Restaurants Window Cleaning prices start from:
£21
per hour
Shopfront glass and entrance
Window work by our in-house team
Done before the first sitting
Partnering with Bayleaf for our housekeeping services has made a notable difference.
Their attention to detail and commitment to excellence elevate our guest experience to new heights.
Site Manager
W Hotel
The BFM team understand our culture and values, which is what sets us and them apart.
Their experience and unrivalled service delivery has helped out people and business to deliver class-leading customer experience and helped our clients to achieve amazing things too. I highly recommend them.
CEO
Uncommon
Bayleaf FM support and invest in their cleaners ensuring they are all rewarded and acknowledged for their efforts.
They consistently deliver ensuring the highest standards are met at all times, with the added benefit of working with people that you can trust.
Director of Construction
Serpentine Galleries
BFM’s attention to detail and commitment to maintaining the highest cleaning standards within our flagship St James’s Street store truly sets them apart.
I highly recommend them to any premium retailer seeking a company that goes the extra mile.
F&B Manager
Holland & Holland
Daily cleaning front and back of house is where most restaurants start. Many add canopy and duct cleaning for the kitchen extract, and kitchen porters to keep the pot wash moving in service.
Daily cleaning is the routine that keeps a restaurant ready to trade: front of house before opening, washrooms checked through the day, and the kitchen cleaned down at close. A group wants each branch to look like the flagship, so one named account manager looks after all your restaurants, with a site manager at each who knows that kitchen.
Grease builds up in the canopy, filters and ductwork with every service, and it is a fire risk your insurer will ask about. Our specialist team cleans the whole extract system when the kitchen is closed. TR19 is the industry guidance for this work; what it involves and how often a kitchen needs it are on the extractor and duct cleaning page.
In service, the kitchen depends on whoever is washing up. Our kitchen porters run the pot wash and dishwasher, keep prep areas and floors clear while the chefs cook, and take the bags out at close. Porters can cover regular shifts or the busy weekends when your own team is stretched.
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A London restaurant contract covers front of house, the bar, the washrooms and the kitchen. Dining rooms are cleaned before opening: floors, tables, chairs, banquettes and glass. The kitchen is cleaned down after service, including surfaces, sinks, floors and the outsides of fridges and ovens, so the next shift starts clean. Pulling out equipment, degreasing walls and canopy work are booked separately with our specialist team for when the kitchen is closed. The contract also covers products, machines and uniforms.
Yes. Cleaners bag the waste, separate recycling and put it out for collection at the times your council and landlord allow, which can be tight on narrow London streets. They do not collect it themselves. If you want the collections arranged for you, including food waste, they are managed through our partner. Emptying grease traps is a different job, handled by our kitchen specialists, and is booked on its own, away from the daily clean.
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Cleaning is one part of a food hygiene score from 0 to 5, alongside how food is handled and how food safety is managed. Environmental health officers can arrive unannounced, and the rating is published online. For a restaurant, we clean the kitchen to the schedule you set, using food-safe products. Your kitchen manager keeps the food safety system, including temperature and handling records. We cannot promise a rating, because most of what is scored is not cleaning.
An environmental health officer may ask which chemicals are used in your kitchen and how. A manager scans our cleaning cupboard's code, and the COSHH sheets, risk assessments and cleaners' training records appear on screen, held in Bayleaf Compliance and updated there. Officers can arrive unannounced, so the paperwork is there whichever shift is on. The officer will also look at your own food safety records and temperature checks, which stay with your kitchen team.
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Yes, where a restaurant closes in the afternoon. We clean front of house and the washrooms in the gap, clear the lunch covers and reset the dining room for the evening sitting. Kitchen cleaning in that window is limited to areas the chefs are not using, because prep for dinner is already under way. Heavier work is kept for a closed day or after the last table. We agree the gap with your general manager and move it when your sittings change.
Yes. Most London restaurants are cleaned either before the morning deliveries and prep begin, or late at night once the last table has gone. A restaurant taking a delivery at 7am needs floors finished and dry before the van arrives. Late teams start after the final covers and the kitchen close-down. We set the hours around your trading pattern and quiet days, and move them when your opening hours change.
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Reviewed by Jorge Hernandez, Operations Director, Bayleaf Facilities Management.
First published 18 March 2025 · Last updated 15 October 2026
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