Refrigeration & air conditioning for restaurants & cafés in Sydney
Cool rooms, display fridges, ice machines and dining-room AC — diagnosed, repaired and maintained by an ARC-licensed team that knows a failure mid-service can't wait. From commercial refrigeration repairs in Sydney to a slime-clogged ice machine, we get you back to temperature, same-day across Sydney and 24/7 for breakdowns.
We answer 24/7 — talk to a real Sydney technician, not a call centre.
A fridge down isn't a repair bill — it's lost stock, lost trade and a compliance problem
For a café or restaurant, refrigeration failure hits three ways at once. Knowing which one is bleeding you fastest is how we triage your call.
Lost stock
A warm cool room overnight can write off a weekend of fresh produce and protein. Once stock climbs through the danger zone for too long, it's a write-off — and you can't un-spoil it.
Food-safety risk
Temperature breaches put you offside with NSW Food Authority requirements. A failure with no temperature record is exactly what a council inspection flags — and what an insurer asks for.
Lost trade
No ice, warm beer or a dead display fridge means turning customers away at peak. A Friday-night breakdown dents your reviews — the damage outlasts the actual fault.
The equipment a restaurant kitchen runs on — serviced under one number
From the cool room out back to the ice machine on the bar, here's what we install, repair and maintain for Sydney food venues.
Cool & Cold Rooms
Walk-ins not holding temp, icing up or short-cycling — door seals, evaporators, controllers and gas faults sorted.
Cool room repairs
Display & Under-bench Fridges
Cake displays, drinks cabinets, prep benches and undercounter units — repaired, regassed and kept in spec.
Refrigeration repairs
Ice Machines
Low or no ice, slime build-up or a flooded bin? Hoshizaki, Scotsman, Manitowoc and Ice-O-Matic repairs and descales.
Ice machine repairs
Kitchen & Dining AC
Split, cassette and ducted systems that keep the dining room comfortable and the line bearable in summer.
Air conditioning
Preventative Maintenance
Coil cleans, gas checks, seal and drain inspections — and a temperature record each visit for your food-safety program.
Maintenance plans
24/7 Breakdown
Service-time or after-hours failure? We answer around the clock so a dead fridge doesn't close your doors.
Emergency serviceA scheduled maintenance plan — coil cleans, gas checks, seal and drain inspections — catches the faults that fail on a Friday night, and keeps an audit-ready temperature record for your food-safety program.
Compliant temperatures, on a response time you can plan around
Every service includes a temperature check and a written record, so your fridges and cool rooms stay within the safe range your council and the NSW Food Authority expect.
- Cold-holding kept at or below 5 °C (FSANZ Food Standards Code); freezers at or below −18 °C as industry practice
- Written temperature record after every visit — evidence for your food-safety program and council inspections
- Same-day metro response where we can for breakdowns, genuine 24/7 emergency line for after-hours failures
- ARC-licensed refrigerant handling (L057415) & NSW contractor licence 330089C — legal, traceable gas work
- Upfront pricing approved before work starts; quality workmanship, genuine parts
≤ 5 °C
Cold-holding target for safe food storage.
≤ −18 °C
Freezer target to keep frozen stock frozen.
24/7
Real after-hours emergency response.
Records
Audit-ready temperature logs every visit.
Trusted by Sydney venues
Bar refrigeration upgrade and the dining-room AC — handled on the same relationship
"This is the second time that we have used this company… an upgrade of our undercounter bar refrigeration system and… a service of our 2 air conditioning systems. On both occasions we have found Chris's team to have been prompt, professional and efficient for a reasonable price. They are on my preferred company to use for any refrigeration or air con matters…"
— Graeme Hudson, 5★ Google review
"Chris arrived promptly… provided a detailed report. The price was fair… polite and professional. Even took the time to explain how to better use the system. Cleaned up after they'd finished."
"We use the team at Active for our 50 retail sites… always available in an emergency, excellent communication and scheduling and the best price!"
"I can not recommend Chris and his team highly enough. I have used Chris for years… so much knowledge and professionalism… There is no job too big for active fridge and air."
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Servicing kitchens across Greater Sydney
From the Hills to the Inner West — same-day where we can, 24/7 for breakdowns. Tell us your suburb and we'll confirm timing.
See all service areasRestaurant & café refrigeration questions
Can you repair a cool room without closing the kitchen?
How much does it cost to regas a commercial fridge or cool room?
Do you service ice machines and beer systems too?
What temperature does my fridge and cool room need to hold?
Are you licensed and insured?
Cool room, fridge or ice machine letting your kitchen down?
Talk to a licensed Sydney refrigeration technician now — no obligation, upfront pricing, 24/7 for breakdowns.
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