Hotel Kitchens & Laundries on Cozumel: Back-of-House That Works at Full House
Main kitchens, banquet kitchens, outlet kitchens and laundries for hotels on Cozumel, rebuilt for full occupancy while service continues. Cruise and dive seasons keep hotels busy most of the year; September and October are the usual windows for closures.
What We Build Behind the Scenes
Laundries
Washers, dryers, ironers and folding with water, steam and drainage sized correctly.
Main & Banquet Kitchens
Flows from receiving to plating, sized for peak banquet nights.
Cold Rooms & Stores
Chilled and frozen storage, dry stores and receiving docks.
Water, gas and drainage for kitchens on Cozumel
Island water and power are limited and expensive, which makes water reuse, efficient MEP and solar some of the best investments for hotels here. Kitchen and laundry design starts with these supply limits: storage tanks, grease interceptors and water reuse are sized accordingly.
Equipment logistics on Cozumel
Everything arrives by car ferry from Punta Venado or Calica, which adds cost and lead time, so we pre-fabricate in Playa del Carmen and ship complete loads. Hoods, cold rooms and laundry machines are scheduled and installed with these access conditions in mind.
Climate and exposure on Cozumel
An island in the hurricane track (Wilma in 2005 hit for days), with salt spray on every side and a fragile freshwater lens under the island.
Back-of-House Costs (2026) — Cozumel
| Area | Typical scope | Cost (MXN) |
|---|---|---|
| Main / banquet kitchen | Finishes, MEP, extraction, cold rooms | $3.7M–$14.6M |
| Outlet kitchen | Restaurant kitchen | $1.8M–$6.1M |
| In-house laundry | Building, installations, water | $4.9M–$18.3M |
Useful pages: Hotel Services on Cozumel · Hotel Development Management on Cozumel · Brand Conversion & PIP on Cozumel · Hotel Construction in Cozumel · Hotel cost calculator
Why Hotels Choose Recrea for Back-of-House
- One contractor for the whole hotel — structure, MEP, interiors, back-of-house, pools and site
- Works while the hotel operates: phasing agreed with operations and revenue management
- Brand and code compliance: operator design standards, Protección Civil, NOM and environmental conditions
- Open-book or fixed price, weekly reporting for owners, asset managers and lenders
- 18+ years and 196 projects in the Riviera Maya, own steel and carpentry workshops
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