Restaurant and café fit-out for Downpatrick businesses

From the first measured survey to the day you open, our restaurant and café fit-out work in Downpatrick is planned around your lease, your landlord and your trading hours.

A restaurant or café fit-out covers the dining area, the service counter and the back-of-house kitchen, including the extraction, gas, drainage and hygiene finishes the kitchen needs.

Guide price for Downpatrick£500–£1,200per m², ex VAT. Fixed after a free survey.

How is the work priced?

Before we price restaurant and café fit-out in Downpatrick, we check the lease, the landlord's fit-out rules, the existing services and how materials can get into the unit.

In and around Downpatrick we are usually asked to work on convenience stores and off-licences and shopping centre units and retail park stores.

What is included?

  • Accessible toilet and baby change
  • Service counter and back bar
  • Banquettes, booths and loose seating layout
  • Hygienic wall and floor finishes for kitchens
  • Canopy, extraction and make-up air

What should Downpatrick owners check first?

  • Kitchen gas work must be done and certified by a Gas Safe engineer registered for commercial catering.
  • Register your food business with the council at least 28 days before you start trading.
  • A new extraction flue often needs planning permission, and odour and noise reports may be asked for.

In Northern Ireland, fit-out work is covered by the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) and approved by the district council's building control team. New shopfronts and illuminated signs are checked by the council's planning department.

Questions about restaurant and café fit-out in Downpatrick

How much does a café fit-out cost?

A small café refit without a new kitchen extraction system can start from the low end of our range. A full restaurant with new extraction and a commercial kitchen sits at the top. We price from a survey, not a guess.

Do I need planning permission for a restaurant?

Change of use from shop to restaurant may need planning permission, and a new extraction flue usually does. We check the planning history during the survey.

Is the survey free in Downpatrick?

Yes. We survey units in Downpatrick and across County Down free of charge, with no obligation.

How soon can work start in Downpatrick?

Surveys are usually booked within one to two weeks. Your quote includes a start date and a dated programme.

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