How much does kitchen exhaust cleaning cost in Hobart?

Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Prices in Hobart 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. Greater Hobart, November 2026.

Worked Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Cost Scenarios — Hobart

Hobart examples priced from this page's rows: a Salamanca Place restaurant, a North Hobart curry house and a Moonah bakery. Each line names the row it draws on; the quote you receive prices your own canopy, duct and roof.

• Salamanca Place sandstone restaurant. A seafood restaurant in a converted sandstone warehouse, with its duct threaded up through the building to a roof fan reached by ladder, pays the full system band of $900–$2,000 per clean ($1,200 typical), booked on the night the dining room is closed.
• Elizabeth Street North Hobart curry house. An Indian restaurant with a tandoor and a row of gas burners under one canopy books a standard clean at $400–$900 ($450 typical) on a weekday morning, with the extra time a soot- and grease-loaded plenum takes at $50–$80 per hour.
• Moonah bakery. A wholesale pie and pastry bakery in a Moonah shed has its canopy over the fryers and deck ovens cleaned in the standard band, and books a technician at $85–$120 per hour on the same weekday to service a fan motor, with any part quoted on its own line.

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. Greater Hobart, November 2026.

Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs by Sector in Hobart

Hobart's exhaust cleaning runs from the restaurants of the CBD, Elizabeth Street Mall and the waterfront, through Salamanca and Battery Point and the strips of Elizabeth Street North Hobart, Sandy Bay Road and Channel Highway Kingston, to the food courts at Eastlands, Northgate and Centrepoint and the bakeries and caterers of Derwent Park, Moonah, Cambridge and Brighton.

• Heritage dining: Salamanca, Battery Point, the waterfront - Restaurants in old stone and brick buildings with ducts climbing to a roof fan, often priced as a full system clean at $900–$2,000; the ladder or roof access and the duct route are the lines to check.
• Neighbourhood strips: North Hobart, Sandy Bay Road, Kingston - Cafes, curry houses and bistros in shopfronts in the canopy and filter band of $200–$350 or the standard band of $400–$900.
• Waterfront takeaways: the CBD waterfront and Elizabeth Street Mall - Fish and chip shops and takeaways with fryer-heavy canopies in the standard band, with extra time on heavy grease at $50–$80 per hour.
• Food courts: Eastlands, Northgate, Centrepoint - Tenancy canopies tied into a centre-run exhaust, priced at $400–$900 for the tenancy's own canopy, plenum and reachable duct; ask the centre who cleans the riser.
• Bakeries and caterers: Derwent Park, Moonah, Cambridge, Brighton - Production canopies on single-storey sheds in the standard band, with fan servicing at the technician rate of $85–$120 per hour.

What Hobart Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Jobs Actually Cost

Shopfront cafes and restaurants are the everyday Hobart job. A Sandy Bay Road or Kingston cafe with one hood lands at $200–$350, typically $272; a North Hobart curry house or a waterfront takeaway with a canopy, plenum and short duct lands in the standard band of $400–$900, closer to $900 when a tandoor or fryers have loaded the plenum.

The full system band of $900–$2,000, with $1,200 typical, is where a Salamanca or Battery Point restaurant lands when its fan sits on the roof of a tall old building and the duct takes a long route to reach it. Bakeries in Moonah and Derwent Park usually vent through a low shed roof, so they stay in the standard band and add a technician at $85–$120 per hour when the fan needs a service.

What Affects Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Hobart

Building age, duct route, cooking style and roof access set where a Hobart kitchen lands in the bands.

• Heritage buildings - A Salamanca Place or Battery Point kitchen in an old stone building may have a duct with several bends on its way to the roof, which adds cleaning time at $50–$80 per hour.
• Roof access by ladder - Where the fan on an old building is reached by ladder rather than a fixed hatch, the full system clean at $900–$2,000 carries more set-up time; ask each quote how the crew will get there.
• Tandoor and fryer kitchens - A North Hobart tandoor or a waterfront fish and chip fryer puts more grease into the plenum than a cafe press, so the clean sits higher in the standard band.
• Shopfront runs - A Kingston or Sandy Bay Road shopfront usually has a short duct and a rear roof, which keeps a clean in the cafe band or low in $400–$900.
• Clean-out points in old ducts - Older ducts were not always built with clean-out points, and a run that cannot be reached needs access panels; panels have no published price on this page and are quoted separately.
• Bakery fans in Moonah and Derwent Park - A fan motor or bearing fault is technician work at $85–$120 per hour on a weekday; belts and parts come as their own lines.

How to Control Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning Costs in Hobart

Hobart kitchens control exhaust costs by booking the right scope, choosing the closed night, and having one visit cover the clean and the fan.

• A Sandy Bay Road or Kingston cafe with a single small hood should ask for the canopy and filter clean at $200–$350, not a standard clean.
• Salamanca and Battery Point restaurants should ask the cleaner to inspect the duct route before quoting, so bends and any missing clean-out points are priced up front rather than found on the night.
• Tandoor and fryer kitchens can have staff wash or swap filters between visits, so less of each clean is spent at $50–$80 per hour on the plenum.
• Moonah and Derwent Park bakeries can book the technician at $85–$120 per hour on the cleaning day, while the roof is open and the fan is already stopped.

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

Before comparing Hobart 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 Hobart