Hotel Kitchens and Laundries: Back-of-House That Works

A 400-key all-inclusive serves thousands of meals and washes tonnes of linen every day. When the main kitchen, the banquet kitchen or the laundry is undersized, badly ventilated or worn out, it shows in the guest experience and the staff turnover. We rebuild back-of-house areas to work at full occupancy, often while the hotel keeps serving.

Hotel kitchen construction by Recrea — A Recrea Construction project

2026 costs: main or banquet kitchen rebuild $3M–$12M MXN; outlet kitchen $1.5M–$5M MXN; in-house laundry $4M–$15M MXN including installations; equipment quoted with your suppliers.

What We Build Behind the Scenes

Main & Banquet Kitchens

Flows from receiving to plating, sized for peak banquet nights.

Outlet Kitchens

À la carte and buffet kitchens next to each restaurant.

Cold Rooms & Stores

Chilled and frozen storage, dry stores and receiving docks.

Extraction & Make-Up Air

Hoods, ducts and fresh air that keep kitchens bearable at 35°C.

Laundries

Washers, dryers, ironers and folding with water, steam and drainage sized correctly.

Grease & Water

Grease interceptors, laundry water treatment and reuse.

Rebuilding back-of-house while serving guests

We phase kitchen works with temporary kitchens or by line, and plan laundry upgrades with temporary outsourcing for a few weeks. Floors, drainage and extraction are where old kitchens fail; we rebuild those properly, not just the equipment.

Back-of-House Costs (2026)

Area	Typical scope	Cost (MXN)
Main / banquet kitchen	Finishes, MEP, extraction, cold rooms	$3M–$12M
Outlet kitchen	Restaurant kitchen	$1.5M–$5M
In-house laundry	Building, installations, water	$4M–$15M

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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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Frequently Asked Questions

In 2026 a main or banquet kitchen typically costs $3M–$12M MXN in construction and installations, before equipment.

Yes, with temporary kitchens, phasing by line and night works.

Above roughly 250 keys an in-house laundry usually pays back; we size it and its water treatment with the operator.

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