In restaurants, cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting are essential for preventing cross-contamination of food and the spread of viruses. And in the wake of the pandemic, a clean restaurant is even more crucial to the customer experience, as guests have now become hyper-aware of proper hygiene. In fact, a study by Simon-Kucher & Partners found that guests will spend twice as much each month at restaurants that meet their cleanliness standards.
With so much emphasis on restaurant sanitation and hygiene, it’s essential to use detailed cleaning checklists in your business venue. A cleaning list can help your staff manage required restaurant cleaning and sanitizing, and how often that needs to happen. This will also allow you to maintain a clean restaurant when it comes time for a health inspection.
So to help you cross this essential item off your to-do list, we’ve created a ready-to-print restaurant cleaning checklist PDF.
This comprehensive cleaning checklist PDF includes daily, weekly, and monthly restaurant cleaning checklists so you can monitor your cleaning duties over time. With these lists and some cleaning tips, you can keep your restaurant clean at all times.
What you can expect from the PDF lists:
The front of house restaurant cleaning list is designed to help staff clean some of the most visible parts of your restaurant, such as the dining room, bathrooms, and host stand, which will show customers you take their health and safety seriously.
On the other hand, the printable restaurant cleaning checklist is designed to help back of house staff tackle the cleaning of prep areas, cooking stations, and the dish pit.
And because no two restaurants are alike, we’ve also included a blank cleaning checklist sample so you can add additional cleaning tasks that may not be on the list.
Of course, checklists aren’t the only thing you need to ensure proper restaurant sanitation. Below are also some tips to help you stay on top of all the cleaning in your venue.
Tips for cleaning your restaurant:
Below are three checklists (daily, weekly, and monthly) for restaurant cleaning in the public facing areas of your business. These lists will help you know what kind of cleaning to do (sanitize, wash, launder, etc.), when to carry out each task, and plan what supplies you’ll need so you can keep your restaurant clean.
Remember, the front of house includes any part of your restaurant that customers can access, such as dining areas, the bar, and restrooms, as well as the equipment in those spaces. These are the most visible parts of your restaurant, so by following each checklist, restaurant guests will know how much you care about restaurant hygiene.
While you’re maintaining your restaurant’s hygiene, it’s also important to conduct a regular inspection of your furniture, carpets, etc. in case of damage. This way, you can catch things that need to be fixed sooner rather than later, which will ultimately save you money in the long run.
Of course, with so many various cleaning and inspections to do daily, weekly, and monthly, it can be difficult to get your employees to follow all your instructions and checklists, so here are some tips to help encourage them:
Of course, you can’t forget about the rest of your venue. Below are three checklists (daily, weekly, and monthly) to help you clean your restaurant’s kitchen. Kitchen cleaning includes any part of your restaurant where employees handle food, such as the kitchen and bar as well as the equipment there.
Your kitchen, bar, and equipment must be properly and regularly cleaned for the health and safety of your customers and employees. Sometimes, you’ll also need special tools to clean certain equipment properly, such as a nozzle brush for the tips of the soda guns in the bar.
Your kitchen is a fast-paced environment where it’s easy for things to get messy. But, it’s critical you don’t forget to clean any of it, so use a checklist to take some of the load off yourself and your team to keep your kitchen as clean as possible.
Besides a checklist, you should also review health department guidelines to make sure you’re meeting all their standards and can change any of your processes if you need to.
Lastly, while your staff is working in the kitchen, they should also be mindful of other factors that can be health and safety risks, such as:
At the end of the day, following these guidelines and using these handy checklists will help ensure every part of your venues – from back to front – is sparkling clean.
