Hood Cleaning in Los Angeles – Hoody LA
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Hood Cleaning in Los Angeles

Los Angeles kitchens run harder than almost anywhere in the country. Wok stations in Koreatown, mesquite grills in the Arts District, 18-hour taquerias on the Eastside, hotel kitchens downtown that never fully shut down — all of them push grease into a duct system that nobody sees until an inspector or an insurance carrier asks for paperwork.

Licensed & Insured 24/7 Emergency Service LAFD-Ready Documentation NFPA 96 Aligned Cleaning Local LA Operators
Clean stainless steel commercial kitchen in a Los Angeles restaurant

About Hoody LA

Local Operators, Not a Franchise

Hoody is a Los Angeles hood cleaning company built around that reality. We clean commercial kitchen exhaust systems to bare metal, document the work with dated before-and-after photos, and hand you a Certificate of Performance you can put in front of LAFD or your health inspector without flinching. Licensed, insured, and available around the clock.

What We Clean

Complete Kitchen Exhaust Cleaning, Hood to Rooftop

A lot of "hood cleaning service" quotes cover the shiny part you can see and stop there. That's the part that never catches fire. The grease that actually fuels a kitchen fire sits in the plenum, in the horizontal duct run, and packed onto the exhaust fan blades on your roof. Every Hoody job includes:

Hood interior, plenum and canopy scraped and degreased to bare metal
Grease duct cleaning through the full accessible run, with access panels installed where your system doesn't have them
Exhaust fan cleaning: blades, housing, roof curb, belt and hinge inspection
Baffle filter cleaning, or hood filter exchange on a standing schedule
Rooftop grease containment and washdown, so nothing ends up on the membrane
Reassembly, fan test and full photo documentation
Stainless steel commercial cooking line Cooking Line
Commercial kitchen stainless steel hood and appliances Hood & Exhaust
Food prep station in a Los Angeles restaurant kitchen Food Prep Station

How We Work

Built for How LA Restaurants Actually Operate

We schedule overnight and on dark days, arrive with our own water and power if your setup requires it, and work around limited alley access, shared rooftops, and tight parking — the three things that derail hood cleaning appointments in this city more than anything else. If you manage several locations across LA, we'll put them on one rotating schedule and one invoice.

  • Overnight and dark-day scheduling built around your closing hours
  • Self-contained water and power for buildings where hookups are limited
  • Experience working tight alley access, shared rooftops and street parking
  • One rotating schedule and one invoice across multiple LA locations

Where We Work

Serving Commercial Kitchens Across the City

Downtown LA and the Arts District, Koreatown, Mid-Wilshire, Westlake and MacArthur Park, Boyle Heights, Highland Park and Eagle Rock, West LA and Sawtelle, Culver City-adjacent, the Harbor area, and every neighborhood in between.

Downtown & Arts District Koreatown Mid-Wilshire Westlake & MacArthur Park Boyle Heights Highland Park & Eagle Rock West LA & Sawtelle Culver City-Adjacent Harbor Area

Kitchens we service

Restaurants Bars Hotels Schools Hospitals Commissaries Grocery Store Kitchens Food Trucks Ghost Kitchens
Technician working in a clean Los Angeles commercial kitchen
Trusted, Licensed Technicians Every visit is handled by trained professionals who document the work and leave your kitchen inspection-ready.

Downtown LA • Koreatown • Mid-Wilshire • Westlake • Boyle Heights • Highland Park • West LA • Culver City • Harbor Area

Hood Cleaning in Los Angeles

Common questions from LA restaurants, hotels and commercial kitchens about scheduling, pricing and compliance.

It depends on your cooking volume, not the calendar. NFPA 96 sets the baseline: monthly for solid-fuel cooking like wood or charcoal, quarterly for high-volume kitchens, every six months for moderate use, and annually for low-volume operations like a coffee shop with a small griddle. Most full-service LA restaurants land on a quarterly schedule. We'll tell you honestly which bracket you're in at the estimate.
Yes. Every job ends with a dated Certificate of Performance, a service sticker on the hood showing the date and the company that performed the work, and before-and-after photos of the hood, duct and fan. That photo set is what settles disagreements about whether the system was actually cleaned.
We can, but we don't recommend it. Proper cleaning means degreasers, hot water, and a fan that has to be shut down. Almost every Los Angeles client we serve books overnight or on their closed day, and we staff for it, with no premium for after-hours work on a standing schedule.
Price comes down to the number of hoods, the length and layout of your duct run, roof access, fan size, and how long it's been since the last real cleaning. Anyone quoting a flat number before seeing the system is guessing. Our estimates are free, on-site and itemized, with no surprises added after the fact.
Yes. Sealed duct runs are extremely common in older LA buildings. We fabricate and install code-compliant access panels so the interior can be cleaned properly and inspected in the future. It's a one-time fix that makes every cleaning after it faster and cheaper.
We do: fan replacement and rebalancing, make-up air issues, filter tracks, hood lighting, new canopy installation, and ventilation upgrades for tenant improvements. If we find something during a cleaning, you get a photo and a quote, not a sales pitch.
Yes. Licensed and insured, with certificates of insurance available for your landlord or property manager on request. Most LA commercial leases and rooftop access agreements require them, so we send them over before the first visit.
Usually within 24 hours, and often the same night. Tell us when you were flagged and by whom when you call, because reinspection deadlines change how we prioritize the job.
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