How much does kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Geelong?

Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Prices in Geelong 2026: Cost Table, Price List and Hourly Rates

Prices are as published by exhaust cleaners and cost guides: the technician labour rate is ex GST, and most of the per-clean and cleaning labour figures do not state a GST basis. Geelong and the Bellarine, November 2026.

Worked Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost Scenarios — Geelong

Geelong examples priced from this page's rows: a Pakington Street Thai restaurant, a waterfront seafood restaurant and a Breakwater brewery kitchen. Each line names the row it draws on; the quote you receive prices your own canopy, duct and fan.

• Pakington Street Thai restaurant. A Geelong West Thai kitchen with four wok burners under one canopy books a standard clean at $400–$900 ($450 typical) on a Monday when it is closed, paying $50–$80 per hour for the extra time a wok-loaded plenum takes.
• Waterfront seafood restaurant. A bayside restaurant on the Geelong waterfront, with its duct running to a fan and discharge point on the roof, pays the full system band of $900–$2,000 per clean ($1,200 typical), booked on a quiet weekday morning so the crew can work from the roof down.
• Breakwater brewery kitchen. A brewery bar and kitchen in a Breakwater warehouse has its canopy over the fryers and grill cleaned in the standard band, and books a technician at $85–$120 per hour on the same weekday to service the fan on the shed roof.

Prices are as published by exhaust cleaners and cost guides: the technician labour rate is ex GST, and most of the per-clean and cleaning labour figures do not state a GST basis. Geelong and the Bellarine, November 2026.

Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs by Sector in Geelong

Geelong's exhaust cleaning runs from the restaurants of the CBD, Little Malop Street and the waterfront, through Pakington Street Geelong West, Torquay and Ocean Grove's The Terrace, to the food courts at Westfield Geelong, Waurn Ponds and Corio Village and the producers and venues of North Geelong, Corio, Breakwater and Moolap.

• Bayside dining: the waterfront, the CBD - Restaurants with a roof fan and discharge point included, priced as a full system clean at $900–$2,000; the roof access is the line to check.
• Eat streets: Pakington Street, Little Malop Street - Thai, Italian and small-plates kitchens in shopfronts in the standard band of $400–$900, with extra time on wok and grill grease at $50–$80 per hour.
• Surf-coast cafes: Torquay, Ocean Grove - Beach cafes and fish and chip shops with one hood in the canopy and filter band of $200–$350, or the standard band where fryers and a longer duct are involved.
• Food courts: Westfield Geelong, Waurn Ponds, Corio Village - Tenancy canopies on a centre-run exhaust, priced at $400–$900 for the tenancy's own canopy, plenum and reachable duct; ask the centre who cleans the shared riser.
• Producers and warehouse venues: North Geelong, Corio, Breakwater, Moolap - Production canopies and brewery kitchens on shed roofs in the standard band, with fan servicing at the technician rate of $85–$120 per hour.

What Geelong Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Jobs Actually Cost

Shopfront kitchens on Pakington Street and Little Malop Street are a large share of Geelong work. A cafe with one small hood lands at $200–$350, typically $272; a Thai or Italian kitchen with a canopy, plenum and short duct lands in the standard band of $400–$900, closer to $900 when woks or a chargrill load the plenum.

The full system band of $900–$2,000, with $1,200 typical, is the waterfront restaurants that include their roof fan and discharge point in the clean. Brewery kitchens and producers in Breakwater and North Geelong usually vent through a shed roof, so they sit in the standard band and add a technician at $85–$120 per hour when a fan needs servicing.

What Affects Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Geelong

Cooking style, season, roof access and travel to the coast move a Geelong exhaust quote across the bands.

• Wok and grill kitchens - A Pakington Street wok kitchen puts more grease into the plenum than a cafe's toaster, so its clean sits high in $400–$900 and more often runs into labour at $50–$80 per hour.
• Summer trade on the coast - A Torquay or Ocean Grove venue that cooks flat out through summer loads its canopy and plenum faster in those months, which is worth planning into the booking.
• Bayside roofs - A waterfront restaurant that has its roof fan included is a full system clean at $900–$2,000; how the crew reaches the roof is a line on the quote.
• Travel to Torquay and the Bellarine - A cleaner based in Geelong driving to Torquay or Ocean Grove may price the travel; ask whether it sits inside the per-clean figure or as its own line.
• Waterfront duct access - A bayside restaurant whose duct has no clean-out points along its run cannot be cleaned without access panels, and panels have no published price on this page; the quote should say whether any are needed.
• Breakwater and Moolap shed fans - A brewery or factory fan that needs servicing is technician work at $85–$120 per hour on a weekday; belts and parts are quoted as their own lines.

How to Control Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Geelong

Geelong kitchens save by naming the scope, timing cleans around the season, and grouping visits on the coast.

• An Ocean Grove or Torquay cafe with a single small hood should ask for the canopy and filter clean at $200–$350 rather than a standard clean.
• Surf-coast venues can book their clean just after the summer peak, when the canopy has done its hardest work and the crew has more open dates.
• Wok kitchens on Pakington Street can have staff wash or swap filters between visits, so less of each clean goes on labour at $50–$80 per hour.
• Venues on the Bellarine can ask the cleaner to group their visit with other kitchens in the same town, and have the fan checked at $85–$120 per hour on the same trip.

What a Compliant Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Quote Includes — Cost in Geelong

Before comparing Geelong quotes, check each one names the same scope - canopy and filters only, canopy to accessible duct, or the full system to the roof fan - prices any extra time at a stated hourly rate, and lists the work that has no row on this page as its own line with the GST basis stated.

• The scope priced against the rows: a small cafe canopy and filter clean at $200–$350, a standard canopy, filters, plenum and accessible duct clean at $400–$900, or a full system clean to the exhaust fan and roof discharge point at $900–$2,000 per clean
• How far along the duct the clean goes, and which bends, risers or sections are left because there is no way in to reach them
• Whether the exhaust fan and roof discharge point are in the price, and how the crew will reach the roof
• The cleaning labour rate for extra time at $50–$80 per hour, typically $60, and when it starts to apply
• The weekday technician rate for fan repair or servicing at $85–$120 per hour, typically $100, kept separate from the cleaning price
• Filter exchange, access panel installation and fan belt work as separate quoted lines - none of them has a published price on this page
• The booking window - after the last service or before opening - and any after-hours loading shown as its own line
• A dated service report with before-and-after photos of the canopy, duct and fan, and the next clean the company recommends
• A single GST basis across every line, with the company's ABN and public liability insurance

Frequently Asked Questions — Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost in Geelong