Restaurant & Café Air Conditioning in Surrey
Few environments are harder to keep comfortable than a busy restaurant — a hot kitchen on one side, full tables of diners on the other. Tempest designs air conditioning for restaurants, cafés and bars across Surrey that handles real kitchen and crowd heat loads without intruding on the dining experience.
In short
Restaurant air conditioning in Surrey must cope with high heat loads from kitchens, cooking, lighting and diners. Most projects use cassette or VRF systems with capacity sized well above a standard office. Expect £3,500–£7,000 for a small venue and £7,000–£20,000+ for larger restaurants with separate kitchen and dining zones.
Managing kitchen and dining heat together
A commercial kitchen generates intense heat from ovens, grills and extraction, while the dining room fills with diners, candles, spotlighting and an opening front door. These are two very different heat-load problems and they often need separate, independently controlled zones so the kitchen pass stays workable and diners stay comfortable.
We size from a full heat-load assessment — restaurant cooling demand commonly runs well above the office benchmark — and design zoning so the chef and the front of house can each set their own conditions. Note that air conditioning manages comfort cooling and air temperature; it works alongside, not instead of, your kitchen extraction and ventilation.
Quiet, discreet and hygienic
Diners shouldn't hear or see the cooling. We specify quiet indoor units and plan layouts so airflow doesn't blow across tables or candles. Easy-clean cassettes with accessible filters matter in food environments, and a regular service schedule keeps filters and coils clean and hygienic — particularly important where food is prepared and served.
Working around your trading hours
We install around your service times — often fitting and commissioning during closed periods or quieter daytimes — to avoid lost covers. For leased premises we coordinate with landlords and managing agents on external condenser siting, and we recommend a planned maintenance contract so the system stays reliable through summer trading and busy event seasons.
- Separate, independently controlled kitchen and dining zones
- Capacity sized for cooking, lighting and diner heat loads
- Quiet, easy-clean cassette and VRF systems
- Works alongside your kitchen extraction and ventilation
- Installation scheduled around service to avoid lost covers
- Regular servicing for clean, hygienic, reliable operation
Typical restaurant air conditioning by venue size (Surrey, ex-VAT, indicative)
| Venue | Typical system | Indicative cost |
|---|---|---|
| Small café / bar | Multi-split or cassettes | £3,500–£7,000 |
| Mid-size restaurant | VRF, zoned | £7,000–£15,000 |
| Large / multi-area venue | VRF, multi-zone | £15,000–£20,000+ |
Frequently asked questions
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