Aloco Kitchens compared: price, specification and who fits it

27 October 2026 · The Home Upgrade Co.

Aloco are a family run Dublin kitchen maker that has been building kitchens since 1980, with their own factory and showroom in Santry. If you have searched for kitchens anywhere in Dublin or the surrounding counties, their location pages have probably come up. This page is not an argument against them. It is a straight comparison of what each of us tells you before you book anything, with every Aloco fact taken from their own website in October 2026.

Who are Aloco Kitchens?

A family run Dublin kitchen and furniture maker, trading since 1980, making every kitchen in its own factory in Santry and fitting it with its own team.

Aloco describe themselves as handcrafting bespoke kitchens and luxury furniture in Dublin since 1980, run as a family business. Their kitchens are designed and manufactured in their own factory in Santry, where their showroom is too. Alongside kitchens they make bedrooms, wardrobes and bespoke furniture, and they supply Bora hobs and Quooker taps.

Where Aloco is the stronger choice

More than forty years of making kitchens, their own factory, a showroom you can visit, and reviews in the eighties.

Aloco have been making kitchens in Dublin since long before we existed, and they own the factory the units come out of. Their Santry showroom lets you see finishes and joinery in person, which no photograph replaces. They offer the consultation either in your home or at the showroom. And their Google listing carries more than eighty reviews you can read before you pick up the phone. We are new, we have no showroom, and we have seven reviews.

We should also be clear about what is not a difference. They fit with their own team, and so do we. They draw the design in 3D, and so do we. Neither of those separates us.

How do the two compare, side by side?

Two companies that design and fit their own kitchens. The difference is how much each of us puts in writing before you commit.

Everything in the Aloco column is taken from alocokitchens.ie in October 2026. Where it says not published, that means we looked and could not find it, not that it does not exist. Ask them, and ask us the same questions.

What does an Aloco kitchen cost?

Aloco do not publish their own prices. Their cost guide gives Irish market ranges, not what an Aloco kitchen costs.

Aloco publish a 2026 guide to new kitchen costs in Ireland, which puts the market at around EUR 5,000 for a basic flat pack job up to well over EUR 30,000 for a fully bespoke, handcrafted kitchen. It is a useful guide, but it describes the whole market rather than their own price list, so it cannot tell you what they would charge for your room. The only way to get an Aloco figure is to book a consultation.

We are not going to guess at their number. What we can do is put ours on the table: from EUR 12,000 fitted including VAT at 23 per cent, and EUR 15,000 to 25,000 for a typical family kitchen with a quartz worktop. Large rooms with an island and stone throughout sit above that, and appliances are not included. Our kitchen cost guide shows two real quotes of ours, what was in them and what was not.

Everything we supply is premium and priced to that standard. If you are working to a tight budget, we are honestly not the right fit, and we would rather you found that out here.

What is the carcase made from?

We could not find Aloco's carcase board or hinge brand published on their site. Ours is 18mm melamine faced plywood with DTC soft close hardware.

The carcase is the box behind the door, and it is the part that decides how a kitchen ages around the sink and the dishwasher, where a small leak can make a cut chipboard edge swell for good. Aloco describe hand painted shaker doors and traditional joinery on their solid wood kitchens, but we could not find the board used for the units, or the hinge and runner brand, written anywhere on their site.

To be fair to them, a family firm that has run its own factory for decades is unlikely to be cutting corners on the box. The point is not that theirs is worse. It is that you should not have to take it on trust from anyone, including us. Ours, in full: 18mm melamine faced plywood carcases, faced both sides and E1 rated, 9mm melamine plywood backs, PUR edge banding, and DTC soft close hinges and drawers with Blum as a priced upgrade. Ask Aloco for theirs in writing, and use our kitchen quote checklist to compare.

What is included, and what is not?

Aloco say they handle removal and disposal of the old kitchen. We price removal as its own line and leave the skip, plumbing and electrics to your own trades.

Aloco's fitting page says the job begins with removing your old kitchen, and that they handle all disposal and preparation work. That is a real convenience. We could not find whether their price includes plumbing, electrical connections or appliances, so ask.

Ours, in plain words: taking out the old kitchen is its own line on the quote, with no charge if you remove it yourself. Clearing the waste and the skip are not included. Plumbing, gas and electrical connections are done by your own plumber and electrician, working from our layout. Tiling, flooring and painting are separate trades, and we do not supply appliances.

How should you decide?

• Forty years of making kitchens in Dublin matters most to you: that is them, and we will not pretend otherwise.
• You want removal and disposal of the old kitchen handled for you: Aloco say they do it.
• You want a figure before you invest time in a design: ours is published above and theirs is not.
• You want the carcase board, the hinges and the warranty in writing before you sign: ask both of us.
• The kitchen is part of a bigger job that also needs windows: those are on our list too.
• You cannot decide: get both quotes itemised and compare them line by line.

Get your own kitchen priced

We design and fit fitted kitchens across Dublin, Meath, Kildare and Wicklow. Send us photos, a video and sizes of your kitchen, and our designers create full 3D plans so you can see exactly how the room will look, with an itemised quote. You decide in your own time.

Frequently asked questions

How much does an Aloco kitchen cost?

Aloco do not publish their own kitchen prices. Their 2026 cost guide gives Irish market ranges, from around EUR 5,000 for basic flat pack to well over EUR 30,000 for fully bespoke, but not what Aloco charge. We publish ours: from EUR 12,000 fitted including VAT, and EUR 15,000 to 25,000 for a typical family kitchen with quartz.

Where are Aloco kitchens made?

Aloco say every kitchen is designed and manufactured in their own factory in Santry, Dublin, where they also have their showroom. They have been making kitchens in Dublin since 1980 and are family run.

Do Aloco fit the kitchen themselves?

Yes. Their site says the kitchen is manufactured to measure and fitted by their own team, and that they handle removal of the old kitchen and disposal. On fitting with our own team we work the same way.

Are Aloco any good?

By the measures you can check, they are well established: a family firm since 1980, their own factory and showroom in Santry, and Google reviews in the eighties that you can go and read.