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24ft Mobile Kitchen
The compact standard kitchen for a cafeteria, kitchen, or catering line that needs a full cooking line on a small footprint.
Starting from $4,995 / month
24/7 emergency kitchen trailer rentals across Virginia
24/7 Direct Line: (888) 385-5513Independent city · VDOT Hampton Roads District
Norfolk is one of Virginia's 38 independent cities, governed separately from any county, with about 231,105 residents (Census Bureau 2024 estimate). It sits in VDOT's Hampton Roads District. When a hospital, school, care-home, or government kitchen there closes for renovation, construction, or an emergency, Desi Commercial Kitchen Virginia can bring in a mobile kitchen trailer rental with a dishwashing trailer and emergency refrigerated trailer, on a short-term rental by the week or a long-term lease by the month. We also serve nearby Portsmouth, Hampton, and Poquoson. Call 24/7 or request a quote.
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The compact standard kitchen for a cafeteria, kitchen, or catering line that needs a full cooking line on a small footprint.
Starting from $4,995 / month

Adds a deep fryer and a longer line for kitchens serving several hundred meals across multiple periods.
Starting from $7,995 / month
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A push-through low-temperature dishmachine with soil tray, scraping table, and 3-compartment sink.
Starting from $4,995 / month
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A full walk-in replacement, offered in cooler and freezer set points, for a commercial walk-in that has failed.
Starting from $1,895 / month
Local conditions
Past emergency
FEMA declared major disaster DR-4291, hurricane matthew, on November 2, 2016 for the City of Norfolk, for an incident that began October 7, 2016. It is one of 5 major disaster declarations covering the city since 2000. Hurricanes bring power loss, flooding, and blocked roads that can shut a commercial kitchen for days. An emergency kitchen trailer and a refrigerated trailer can keep meals going while a permanent kitchen is cleaned, inspected, and repaired.
Major construction
VDOT's Six-Year Improvement Program lists "Hampton Roads Express Lanes, Segment 1B" on I-64 in the City of Norfolk at an estimated $403.8 million. The project is under construction, with completion listed for January 2030. Work zones like this can change how a truck reaches a site, so we check active VDOT work before planning a delivery. A long public project can also bring crews to the area, and a caterer or facility feeding them could add a mobile kitchen trailer for the duration.
Major renovation
VDOT's Six-Year Improvement Program lists "Berkley Mechanical And Electrical System Replacement" on I-264 in the City of Norfolk at an estimated $105.1 million. The project is under construction, with completion listed for March 2031. Reconstruction like this keeps the route open for heavy deliveries. Kitchen renovations follow the same pattern: when a school, hospital, or care-home kitchen in Norfolk is rebuilt, a temporary kitchen on site covers meal service until the work is done.
Emergency equipment access
Statewide emergency operations are coordinated from the Virginia Emergency Operations Center (VEOC) at 7700 Midlothian Turnpike, North Chesterfield, VA 23235; Norfolk lies about 81 miles southeast of it in a straight line. Locally, the City of Norfolk's emergency management office leads response. Those public operations are separate from our rental deliveries. Norfolk is in VDOT's Hampton Roads District, and we plan routes around its active work zones, as we do for nearby Portsmouth and Hampton. We confirm the route, gate access, and placement area with your team before dispatch.
Local rental costs
Starting monthly rates on our current price list, which applies to Norfolk and every other Virginia location: mobile kitchen trailers $4,995 / month, dishwashing trailers $4,995 / month, and refrigerated trailers $1,895 / month. Your quote adds delivery, setup, and pickup for your site. See the full price reference.
Planning scenario · illustrative, not a past project
A worked example of how we would plan temporary food service here, using Norfolk's own public records and our current price list. It describes what a facility like this could do, not a job we have done.
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3. Site and delivery
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5. Estimated rental cost
A quote covers the equipment, rental period, delivery, setup, and pickup for your location. An inquiry does not reserve equipment; availability is confirmed when you accept a quote.
Norfolk facilities cannot pause meal service while a kitchen is repaired. We plan a temporary kitchen around your site, utilities, and schedule.
We plan kitchen, dishwashing, and refrigeration trailers together as one layout.
Delivery in VDOT's Hampton Roads District, setup, and pickup coordinated with your team.
One price list for Norfolk and the rest of Virginia, with delivery quoted for your site.
Cold storage can arrive first if a walk-in fails in Norfolk before the kitchen does.
Weekly rentals for emergencies, monthly leases for long renovations.
Emergencies in Norfolk get a live answer on our 24/7 line.
Kitchen fire, flooded dish room, or a walk-in freezer that quit overnight? Call our 24/7 line and have your Norfolk site address, the meals or storage you need to cover, and the power and water available on site. We will help you match a mobile kitchen, dishwashing, or refrigerated trailer to the problem.
Yes. We deliver to commercial and institutional sites in Norfolk, in VDOT's Hampton Roads District. Delivery timing is confirmed with your quote.
Mobile kitchen trailers start at $4,995 / month on our current price list, which applies across Virginia. Your quote adds delivery, setup, and pickup for your Norfolk site.
Kitchen and dishwashing trailers take about 5 hours to set up once on site with utilities ready; refrigerated trailers take about an hour.
The site address, the dates, how many meals you serve, the power and water available, and photos of where the trailer would park. Our line is answered 24/7.
Public reports and records cited on this page. Project examples describe public work, not our customers.