They sound similar and do different jobs. A display fridge is built to be seen — full glass doors, interior LED lighting, adjustable shelves at eye level. It faces the customer and merchandises the product. Front of house.

A bar fridge is built to serve from behind the bar or store back of house. It can have glass or solid doors, but it's about the bartender's reach, not the customer's eye. If drinks are served by staff, you may want a bar fridge; if they're shown to customers to sell, you want a display fridge. (There's a full bar fridge buying guide if that's the direction.)

Everything below is the upright, glass-door display range.

Our display fridges are all upright glass-door cabinets, 1 to 3 doors, 335L to 1924L. Every 2- and 3-door size comes hinged or sliding. Tap a model for live pricing and stock.

1 door

2 door

3 door

A 2-door (525L) is the volume seller — it holds a serious range of drinks at eye level without dominating a wall. Step up to the 879L or a 3-door only when the display space is earning it, because the big units are deep, tall and heavy (see fit, below).

Every two- and three-door model comes as hinged (H) or sliding (S). It's a real choice about the space in front of the cabinet.

Hinged doors seal a little better and give you the full opening to load and re-merchandise quickly. They self-close so they don't get left ajar. They need swing clearance in front — fine against an open aisle, awkward in a tight walkway.

Sliding doors don't intrude into the aisle at all, which is why they suit narrow shopfronts and self-serve spots where customers stand right at the glass. The trade-off is you only ever have half the cabinet open at once, and the tracks want an occasional clean.

The display range runs 0–10°C (2–10°C on the single door), which is chilled-drink and packaged-product territory — bottled and canned drinks, water, packaged sandwiches, yoghurts, desserts and grab-and-go.

If instead you're displaying open cakes, deli trays, seafood or hot food — product that sits on an open deck or in a serve-over rather than behind a closed glass door — that's a different category. See our cold food displays for cake and deli cabinets, and heated displays for hot food. A closed-door upright display fridge is the wrong tool for an open deli counter, and vice versa.

A display fridge full of neatly faced product outsells the same fridge stocked in a heap. Worth having:

• Interior LED lighting — shows the product and adds no heat. Standard across the range.
• Adjustable shelves — set the gaps to your tallest bottle and your shortest can so no space is wasted and everything faces front.
• Drink pushers and sorting shelves — the roller and divider accessories that keep the front row always full and faced as stock sells down. This is what makes a convenience-style fridge look full at 4pm, not just at open.
• Self-closing doors — a door left ajar is warm stock and a power bill.

Ambient temperature — a genuine strength here. Every display fridge in the range is rated to a 42°C maximum ambient, so it holds temperature in a hot Australian venue — a sunny shopfront, an unconditioned café, a room near the kitchen line. Plenty of cheaper imports are rated lower and quietly struggle over summer; ours don't.

Fit and delivery. The big uprights need planning:

• The 3-door UD-1500H and UD-2000H are 720–820mm deep and up to 2060mm tall — check every doorway, and note that at 2060mm they're taller than a standard 2040mm door, so they won't wheel through upright under a low frame.
• They're heavy: UD-1500H is 200kg, UD-2000H is 240kg. Delivery is kerbside, so plan the lift and the path.
• Allow ventilation clearance as the install sheet specifies, and keep it out of direct sun where you can — a fridge fighting the sun through its own glass works harder.

Every Borrelli display fridge is covered by our two-year onsite parts and labour warranty on refrigeration — a technician comes to you. See the product page for the current terms.