Restaurant and Food Service Cleaning on Long Island
E & J Cleaning provides front-of-house and back-of-house cleaning for Long Island restaurants, bars, cafes, pizzerias, caterers, and quick service operators across Nassau and Suffolk County. Our crews work around your service hours, use food-safe chemistry, follow separate protocols for kitchens and restrooms, and coordinate specialty trades like grease trap pumping and hood duct cleaning so you have one point of contact for your whole facility.
Restaurant cleaning is not just nightly cleaning. It is a schedule of tasks that runs daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly across very different environments: a dining room and bar that guests see, a kitchen line and walk-in that the Health Department sees, and restrooms that everybody sees.
E & J Cleaning has been cleaning Long Island commercial kitchens and dining rooms since 2005. Our crews are trained on food-service cleaning sequences, we use chemistry rated for food-contact-adjacent surfaces, and we keep kitchen-coded microfiber and mop heads entirely separate from front-of-house and restroom tools. When a job calls for a grease trap pump or an NFPA-96 hood cleaning, we coordinate those specialty trades so you keep a single point of contact for your whole facility.
What Our Restaurant Cleaning Includes
- Front of house and dining room. Tables and chairs wiped and sanitized, booths detailed, host stand, bar surfaces, menus, windows, entry mats, and nightly floor care. High-touch points get a disinfectant pass every service.
- Back of house and kitchen floors. Kitchen quarry tile degreased and scrubbed, grout lines brushed, drains flushed. Stainless steel equipment exteriors, prep tables, shelving, and cooking line edges wiped with food-safe chemistry.
- Walk-in cooler and freezer exterior, dry storage, and dish pit. Door seals, exterior shelving and racks, dish pit floor and walls, and dish machine exterior.
- Restrooms. Full disinfection of all fixtures, mirrors, restocking, high-touch disinfection, and floor care. Separate colored microfiber for restrooms so nothing crosses zones.
- Periodic floor restoration. Scheduled tile and grout deep cleaning for kitchens, and strip and refinish for VCT sections.
- Grease trap pumping and hood duct cleaning (coordinated). Scheduled through our licensed partners. You deal with us; we deal with the trades. Certificates go into your file.
How We Clean a Long Island Restaurant
- Walk the restaurant with the GM or owner. A supervisor visits after service, walks dining, bar, kitchen, dish pit, walk-ins, dry storage, and restrooms.
- Written proposal by zone. Scope and frequency broken out by zone, chemistry listed, supplies included.
- Crew training and onboarding. Before night one the crew is briefed on your floor plan and closing sequence. Color-coded tools are staged.
- Back of house first, front of house second. Kitchen floors dry before open.
- Dwell time on every sanitizer pass. 1-10 minutes depending on product.
- Supervisor audits and a single point of contact. Supervisors rotate weekly. One person to call.
Food Service Operations We Clean
- Full-service restaurants and bistros
- Bars, taverns, and pubs
- Pizzerias and delis
- Quick service and fast casual
- Cafes, bakeries, and coffee shops
- Caterers and commissary kitchens
- Hotel and banquet food service
- Country clubs and private event venues
Restaurant Cleaning Across Long Island
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you clean during service or after we close?
Can you handle grease trap pumping and hood duct cleaning?
How much does restaurant cleaning cost?
How often do restaurants need professional cleaning beyond daily staff cleaning?
Most restaurants benefit from nightly professional cleaning after close (floors, bathrooms, dining room, entry, glass) plus a weekly deeper clean of the dining area and a monthly deep-clean of kitchen non-cook areas. Hood cleaning is separate (NFPA 96 schedule). Staff handles in-shift cleaning and immediate spill response.
Are you certified for restaurant kitchen cleaning?
For non-cook surfaces (prep tables, walls, floors, dish areas) yes, with EPA-registered food-contact-safe disinfectants and food-service trained crews. For hood and ductwork cleaning under NFPA 96 we coordinate with certified hood cleaning specialists who handle that specific scope. Most clients use us for everything but the hood.
What about Suffolk County Department of Health inspections?
Our cleaning program supports SCDOH compliance by maintaining the cleaning standards inspectors look for: clean food-contact surfaces, proper chemical storage, no pest harborage, clean restrooms, and documentation. We provide a cleaning log and product MSDS file your manager can show during an inspection.
Can you clean during operating hours without disrupting service?
Generally no for full cleaning – it’s disruptive to guests. Most restaurants schedule full cleaning after close. We CAN do mid-day touch-ups (restroom restock, dining room reset, lobby vacuum) with a day porter if useful. Active dinner service is not the time for floor work.
How do you handle floor grease, food spills, and bathroom odors?
Specialized enzyme cleaners for floor grease that don’t damage tile or grout. Acidic descaling for hard-water buildup on faucets and toilet bowls. Enzyme treatment for urine and food odor in flooring substrate. Daily nightly mop with appropriate degreaser. Quarterly deep grout cleaning.
Do you have crews that understand health-code requirements?
Yes. All crews assigned to food service accounts are trained on basic food safety (no contamination, no cleaning while food is being prepped nearby, separate equipment for restroom vs kitchen vs dining), HACCP awareness, and your specific menu’s allergen concerns if applicable. Documentation of crew training available.
Can you handle holiday and late-night turnover when our staff goes home tired?
Yes. This is one of our most-requested services. We come in after close on busy nights (weekends, holidays, New Year’s, restaurant week) so your staff doesn’t have to deep-clean at 1am. We’re back the next morning before doors open with the dining room reset.
Ready for a Restaurant Cleaning Partner Who Knows the Line?
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