Hotel Kitchens & Laundries in Playa del Carmen: Back-of-House That Works at Full House
Main kitchens, banquet kitchens, outlet kitchens and laundries for hotels in Playa del Carmen, rebuilt for full occupancy while service continues. Boutique hotels fill on weekends and holidays year-round, so works are usually phased room block by room block, with noisy tasks on weekdays between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
What We Build Behind the Scenes
Extraction & Make-Up Air
Hoods, ducts and fresh air that keep kitchens bearable at 35°C.
Grease & Water
Grease interceptors, laundry water treatment and reuse.
Outlet Kitchens
À la carte and buffet kitchens next to each restaurant.
Water, gas and drainage for kitchens in Playa del Carmen
Water and power come from municipal networks that struggle at peak season in older streets; staff live in the west-side colonias, so commutes are short but rents keep rising. Kitchen and laundry design starts with these supply limits: storage tanks, grease interceptors and water reuse are sized accordingly.
Equipment logistics in Playa del Carmen
Our own steel and carpentry workshops are in Playa del Carmen, but pedestrian streets around Quinta Avenida mean deliveries before 9 a.m., hand carts on the last metres and tight neighbour agreements. Hoods, cold rooms and laundry machines are scheduled and installed with these access conditions in mind.
Permits and authorities in Playa del Carmen
Solidaridad sets strict height and density limits in the tourist centre, regulates facades on Quinta Avenida, and Playacar and Mayakoba add their own association design approvals on top of the municipal licence.
Back-of-House Costs (2026) — Playa del Carmen
| Area | Typical scope | Cost (MXN) |
|---|---|---|
| Main / banquet kitchen | Finishes, MEP, extraction, cold rooms | $3.1M–$12.5M |
| Outlet kitchen | Restaurant kitchen | $1.6M–$5.2M |
| In-house laundry | Building, installations, water | $4.2M–$15.6M |
Useful pages: Hotel Services in Playa del Carmen · Hotel Development Management in Playa del Carmen · Brand Conversion & PIP in Playa del Carmen · Hotel Construction in Playa del Carmen · 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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