Modular Cafés & Coffee Units
A café unit is a working kitchen with a shopfront attached. Everything depends on the serving line: where customers queue, where the barista stands, and where water, waste and power land behind the counter.
Get a price for modular cafés
Tell us what you need and we'll come back with pricing and lead times — usually within one working day.
Hire Modular Cafés in the UK
Need modular cafés for a fixed period? Hire it instead of buying. Adacon manufactures the building to your layout and hands it over on hire terms, then collects it when you no longer need it — with the same quality, fit-out and design freedom as a purchase.
Hire terms are flexible — tell us how long you need the unit and we will confirm the rate for that period.
Get a hire price for modular cafés
Tell us when you need it and for how long. We reply with hire terms — and a purchase price too if you tick compare.
Designed around the serving line
We set the serving opening first, then work backwards: counter position, equipment run, water and waste, and the staff route in and out. Glazing goes where it draws customers in without exposing the prep area.
- Serving hatch or lift-up canopy at counter height
- Counter and equipment run with dedicated power circuits
- Water supply and waste for sink, dishwash and coffee machine
- Extract provision where hot food is prepared
- Wipe-clean food-safe wall and floor finishes
- Optional second module for seating, storage or a customer WC
Example configurations
Buildings combine P300, P400 and P600 units — a P600 gives approx. 11.4 m² usable floor area. Units join side by side and stack over two storeys.
Coffee kiosk or takeaway unit with a serving hatch.
Café with serving area, prep kitchen and storage.
Café with indoor seating, WC and a full kitchen.
Modular Cafés — key facts
- P300 unit
- 2.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 2.7m × 2.0m usable internally
- P400 unit
- 3.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 3.7m × 2.0m usable internally
- P600 unit
- 5.9m × 2.2m externally; approximately 5.7m × 2.0m usable internally
- Configuration
- Mix P300, P400 and P600 units to create tailored footprints and shapes
- Unit height
- 2.40m external / 2.16m internal
- Storeys
- Up to two storeys, subject to final project design
- Delivery
- UK mainland and Northern Ireland — transport quoted separately
Adacon modular buildings use P300, P400 and P600 units with external lengths of 2.9m, 3.9m and 5.9m, a common 2.2m width and 2.40m external / 2.16m internal height. The sizes can be combined to create more tailored floor areas and building shapes, joined side by side or stacked to two storeys subject to the final project design.
What's available for a modular café
Food premises registration, extract specification and hygiene approvals are handled with your local authority. We build to the specification agreed with you.
Modular Cafés — photo gallery
Design your café unit
Set the serving layout and kitchen provision and get an estimated price.
Modular Cafés — common questions
Related uses
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