Kitchens for restaurants, hotels and cafés

Together with over 40 years’ experience of commercial kitchen design, the team at GLS can be relied on for everything from innovative ideas and practical insights to professional installation and project management.

We design and install kitchens that are ergonomic, efficient, safe and reliable. We understand all the factors that are key to success in restaurant, hotel and café kitchens. This includes ensuring an optimal workflow from delivery and storage, through preparation and cooking, to service and wash-up.

We are used to designing kitchens for spaces large and small, new and old, simple and complex. (One project even saw us closing a busy London street in order to crane equipment into a 5th-floor restaurant.)

Importantly, we also appreciate that presentation can be as important as practicality. Many restaurants now like to reveal the theatre of their kitchen to customers. This means that the kitchen design needs to put cooking and food preparation areas on show, while ensuring storage and washing facilities are out of sight.

Our commercial kitchen design project for the Holiday Inn, Bristol is a good example of our work in this sector.

How GLS design a kitchen for your restaurant, hotel or café

Our work starts with a meeting to gain an overview of your project, including your operational requirements, budgets, and the building (or area within it) where the kitchen is to be located.

We’ll develop an initial CAD layout – with options where applicable – and discuss this with you in detail. A more in-depth CAD layout would follow, with an equipment legend and an itemised quotation.

Once costs are agreed and options chosen, a comprehensive services layout is produced detailing the mechanical and electrical requirements.

GLS support you right through to completion… and beyond

Whether you would like us to undertake the installation, or whether you already have an installation team in place, we can provide a designated project manager who will attend meetings, and liaise with architects or contractors.

Further to completion, we perform a thorough handover, furnishing you with operational manuals and certificates, and arranging equipment training if required.

And once everything is up and running, we’re always just a phone call away if you’ve questions or further requirements.