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Get Expert AdviceFitting out a kitchen for a café, coffee shop or deli means getting a lot of equipment right at once, from the espresso machine your customers judge you on to the chilled displays that keep your food looking its best. With Rental+ you can equip the whole site without buying any of it. You rent the coffee, refrigeration and prep equipment your café needs on a multi-year plan, pay a fixed weekly cost with no upfront capital expenditure, and hand the servicing, parts and breakdowns to us. You focus on the coffee and the customers; we keep the equipment running.
What a café, coffee shop or deli kitchen needs
Most café and deli kitchens come down to three working areas: the coffee station, the chilled display, and prep and wash. Getting the equipment right in each one is what keeps service fast and consistent.
At the coffee station, a dependable espresso machine is the heart of the operation, backed by a bean-to-cup machine where you want speed and consistency at the push of a button. In the kitchen, a commercial convection oven rental is ideal for baking pastries, heating sandwiches and preparing light meals. For the food, chilled display is what sells it: serve-over and deli counters present cakes, sandwiches and deli lines at the counter, while display fridges, upright bottle fridges and multidecks merchandise grab-and-go drinks and chilled items. Behind the scenes, an undercounter dishwasher keeps crockery and cups turning over through the busy periods, alongside the prep and cold storage the menu calls for. You can see the equipment we typically rent for this sector in our café, coffee shop and deli collection.
Designing the layout, front of counter to back
A café kitchen works best when the layout follows the flow of service. The coffee station sits close to the counter so drinks reach customers quickly, with the chilled display alongside it where people order. Rental+ also offers a branded display fridge on a fully maintained rental plan for showcasing drinks and chilled products. Prep and warewash sit behind, out of the customer’s eye line, so deliveries, preparation and cleaning do not cross the service path. Space is usually tight in a café, so the equipment needs to earn its footprint: compact machines, undercounter refrigeration including undercounter freezers and counters sized to the site. For a sense of how the pieces fit together, our deli kitchen example layout shows a real design worked through from counter to back of house. A rental plan makes this straightforward to get right, because you can add or change equipment as the layout settles rather than committing capital to kit before you know it fits.
Why café operators rent with Rental+
Renting removes the biggest barrier to opening or upgrading a café, which is the upfront price of the equipment. Instead of tying up capital in machines that then depreciate, you spread the cost across a fixed weekly payment by direct debit and keep your cash in the business. Service and maintenance is included on every plan, so call-outs, routine servicing, parts and Planned Preventive Maintenance are all covered at no extra cost. A breakdown becomes ours to solve rather than an unbudgeted bill, and our fix-or-replace guarantee means that if a unit cannot be repaired, we replace it. A nationwide network of engineers keeps you trading wherever you are. Every plan uses new or reconditioned equipment from leading brands, so you get dependable, professional kit backed by 46 years of experience. You can read the detail on our rental plans explained and inclusive maintenance pages.
How café rental works
Getting started is straightforward. We run a soft credit check, set up a security deposit alongside your direct debit, then deliver and install your equipment. From there you are covered, with servicing and breakdowns handled for you. You can rent a single machine, such as an espresso machine or a deli counter, or fit out a complete café kitchen on one plan, and the plan scales as you grow. If you are opening more than one site, or standardising equipment across the cafés you already run, the same plan covers every location and lets you add or upgrade kit as the business changes. See how our kitchen rentals work for cafés and discover how we help businesses keep service running smoothly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to equip your café?
Tell us what you run and we will build a plan around your café, coffee shop or deli. Request a quote for firm pricing, build a quote in the basket for an indicative figure with no payment taken, or request a brochure to share with your team. You can also browse commercial catering equipment by sector to see the other sectors Rental+ equips.
