Maintain a Clean Restaurant Bathroom

As far as the maintenance and cleanliness of commercial bathrooms goes, restaurant bathrooms top the list of importance for many reasons. The first is pretty obvious, that people go to restaurants to consume food and beverages and need clean facilities to maintain their personal hygiene. The last thing a diner should experience after visiting your restaurant and using its bathroom is risking their health and safety.

Some other reasons include that almost all restaurants face regulation by local and state health departments, so their bathrooms need to be adequately clean or face citations, fines, and potentially closures. Also, a dirty bathroom may not bring actual harm to your patrons, but it’ll definitely leave a bad impression, which will inevitably hurt your restaurant’s business in the long run. Whether or not maintaining a clean restaurant bathroom is or has been an issue for you and your staff, it’s always good to brush up on new methods and tips. Here’s how to maintain a clean restaurant bathroom:

Consider Remodeling & Upgrading

One way to maintain a clean restaurant bathroom is to gut it and start from scratch. If you’re struggling to maintain a clean bathroom or your efforts aren’t making a dent, it could be because your restaurant bathroom and everything in it is outdated. Years of usage, wear-and-tear, and inadequate maintenance efforts can mean the maintenance it needs is insurmountable. Gut it, clean it, and install a new bathroom. 

Cleaning Frequencies

Maintaining a clean restaurant bathroom demands that you’re able to distinguish and implement the frequency of cleaning tasks. Online guides like this can help you figure out what cleaning responsibilities need to be done daily, weekly, monthly, and more.

Supplies & Tech

Gone are the days of janitorial caddies with a spray bottle of all-purpose cleaning solution, a rag, rubber gloves and a sponge being enough to maintain clean restaurant bathrooms. First of all, your staff should wear the appropriate PPE. Second, you should have and use a surface-specific cleaning solution for each task, and third, do not reuse soiled scrubbers or wipe cloths on multiple different surfaces – that just moves the contaminants from one surface to the next. Finally, given the new demands especially for clean public facilities, consider investing in the latest tech, like electrostatic disinfectants, which ensure even disinfecting coverage on all surfaces in even the most hard-to-reach areas.

Preventative Maintenance

A long-term and slightly different part of what it takes to maintain a clean restaurant bathroom involves preventative maintenance. These “tasks” aren’t necessarily cleaning tasks, but are measures taken to help prevent tasks that stem from the wear and tear that bathrooms face over time. When things break down or don’t function as they’re supposed to in bathrooms, preventative maintenance will at least mitigate the volume of cleaning created. Preventative maintenance includes routine professional plumbing service, grouting when and where necessary, caulking (sealing), and more. A little bit will go a long way!