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Walk-in coffee vans
Stand up, turn around, serve all day.
A high-roof van fitted out inside with a full-length bench — walked into, not leaned into. Built for operators doing long days, high volume, and a menu bigger than a single grinder can handle.
See the gallery How it's built
- 6'2"+
- Standing headroom, most builds
- 2–3
- Group espresso machines fitted
- Full day
- Power and water without shore supply
Straight from the workshop
Walk-throughs, fit-out detail and finished handovers — click through the clips in the main window, or pick one from the strip below.
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- Full-length bench & bakery display
- Carrie's Coffee, social enterprise build
- Black powder-coat cabinetry
- Full wrap, walk-up servery
- Twin wash-down sinks
- Shell before fit-out
- Stainless extraction canopy
- Penni & Earl's Street Cafe, handover
- Finished interior, two-group set-up
- Machine & grinder station
- Rear access, mid fit-out
- Finished walk-in interior
Vans we fit out
What makes a good walk-in base
Not every van suits a walk-in fit-out. We're looking for three things before anything else: standing headroom, payload for water and battery weight, and a blank panel-van interior to build into.
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High-roof, long-wheelbase vans
LDV G10 and Deliver 9, Renault Master, Mercedes Sprinter, Ford Transit and Iveco Daily in high-roof trim all give enough internal height to stand upright the full length of the bench.
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Payload for the build
Water tanks, batteries, an espresso machine and a loaded bakery display add up fast. We check GVM against the finished build weight before anything gets bolted in, not after.
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Blank panel van shell
Unlined, no factory racking, no existing plumbing runs. A clean shell means the cabinetry, wiring and water lines go exactly where the layout needs them.
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Single or dual servery
One awning window down the kerb side for a single-queue setup, or windows on both sides for events and double frontage — the shell needs to support the cut-outs either way.
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New builds and re-fits
Brand-new vans built from a bare shell, or an existing van gutted and re-fitted — both routes end at the same standard of finish and the same compliance sign-off.
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Something else entirely
Seen a shell you like that's not on this list? If it's got the headroom and the payload, we'll quote the fit-out on it.
Build your own
Inside a walk-in fit-out
Every build works through the same five decisions, in roughly this order. Change one and it tends to move the others — a dual servery affects the plumbing run, a bigger machine affects the power budget.
- Layout
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Bench, aisle and servery
A full-length engineered-timber bench down one or both sides, a walk-through aisle for the barista, and the servery window positioned so hand-off happens without a reach. Overhead cabinetry and an awning window above the bench keep cup and syrup stock within arm's reach.
- Espresso machines
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Two group, gas or battery
Two-group machines are installed, either gas or inverter/battery powered. Paired grinders sit alongside, and the power choice follows the work — gas for long days away from a plug, inverter and battery where a quiet, flueless set-up matters.
- Water & waste
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Twin sinks, tanks and hot water
A wash and rinse sink set into the bench, fresh and waste tanks underneath sized for a full trading day, a hot water service, and a dedicated hand-wash point — all specced to council food-safety requirements before the van goes on the road.
- Power options
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Battery, inverter and shore power
A dual-battery or lithium bank with inverter runs the machine, grinder, fridge and lighting through a full trading day without the engine running. A shore power inlet covers events where mains power's on offer, and a generator sits behind that as backup.
- Wraps & branding
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The same shell, any brand
Everything above builds the same underlying shell — what changes is the wrap. A bean-pattern wrap, an Indigenous-artwork design for a community enterprise, a full graffiti treatment, or minimal signage on a black base: the fit-out doesn't dictate the finish.
Ready to build your walk-in van?
Your nearest dealer can walk you through layouts, machine options and what it takes to get one built on your timeline.