Your kitchen staff cleans as they go. But by the end of a long shift, nobody has the energy to scrub restroom floors, wipe down every booth and get the grime out of the corners of the dining room. That's where a nightly cleaning crew comes in.
Here's what a good after-close restaurant clean should cover, so you can compare it with what you're getting now.
The dining room
Guests judge a restaurant by what they see first. Every night, the dining room should get:
Tables, chairs and booths wiped down, including the seats and the edges people grab
High chairs and booster seats cleaned
Menus, condiment stations and host stand wiped
Floors swept and mopped, including under tables and along the baseboards
Trash emptied and liners replaced
Restrooms
A dirty restroom is one of the fastest ways to lose a customer. It should be fully cleaned every night: toilets, urinals, sinks, mirrors, partitions, dispensers restocked and floors mopped with a disinfecting cleaner.
Floors
Restaurant floors take a beating from grease, spills and constant foot traffic. Nightly mopping keeps them safe and clean, and floors that get slick or dull may need a deeper scrub or a strip and refinish every so often.
Entrances and glass doors
Front doors and entry glass collect fingerprints all day. Wiping them every night makes the first impression a good one.
What your kitchen team usually keeps
Most restaurants keep line cleaning, food-contact surfaces and equipment with their own staff, because those follow your food safety procedures. Hood and duct cleaning is specialized work done by certified hood cleaning companies. A good cleaning company will be clear about what they do and don't cover.
Why after close matters
Cleaning during service means mop buckets near guests and wet floors in walkways. Cleaning after close means the crew can get into every corner, the floors have time to dry, and your staff walks into a clean restaurant the next morning.
Restaurant cleaning in Idaho Falls
Hi-Teck Commercial Cleaning has cleaned businesses across Idaho Falls and Eastern Idaho since 1991. Our crews come in after you close, background-checked and on schedule, with no long-term contracts.