For Cocktail Hosts
Shaken, stirred,
served at yours.
Mobile cocktail bars and on-site masterclasses for parties, hens, milestone birthdays, and house events. Real bartenders, a printed menu in your colours, drinks made to order at your venue.
Real bartenders, made to order
Custom menu in your colours
Masterclasses for groups of 8–30
Quotes within 24 hours
Four Bars, One Standard
Pick the bar that fits the party.
Every bar is mobile, four-tap capable, and configured to your event. For cocktail-led parties, most hosts pick The Mayfair or The Classic — they're built for staffed cocktail service and look the part on photographs.
Cocktail Masterclasses
Learn it. Drink it. Repeat.
A bartender, a bar, and a small group. Each guest builds two or three cocktails with the proper kit — shakers, jiggers, fresh garnishes, real spirits. It's a hen activity, a 30th, a Christmas team thing, or a long Saturday afternoon at home.
- Groups of 8 to 30 — at your venue or ours
- Choose two or three cocktails per guest (we'll suggest a flight)
- All kit, spirits, mixers, garnishes, and glassware supplied
- Lead bartender runs the session — usually 90 minutes to 2 hours
- Branded printed recipe cards for guests to take home
How We Serve a Cocktail Party
Three ways to do it.
Cocktail-led parties don't fit one price. We scale up or down depending on guest count, length of service, and how many drinks per head. Every quote is fixed before booking and includes the bar, the bartender, and the menu design.
01 · Cocktail Bar
Staffed Cocktail Bar
A full bar, made to order all night.
A trained bartender behind one of our bars, a menu of four to six cocktails built around the drinks you actually like, all made fresh as guests order. The standard option for milestone birthdays, hen parties, and house parties of 30 to 100.
- 1–2 bartenders depending on guest count
- Bespoke menu, printed and displayed at the bar
- Spirits, mixers, garnishes, glassware all supplied
- Typically 4–6 hours of service
Price on quote · Per-head pricing available
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02 · Masterclass
Cocktail Masterclass
A bar takeover, with everyone behind it.
Each guest builds two or three cocktails themselves, walked through by a lead bartender. Includes all kit, ingredients, glassware, and printed recipe cards. Popular for hen parties, 30ths and 40ths, team activities, and corporate Christmas.
- Groups of 8 to 30 guests
- 2–3 cocktails per guest, your choice from the flight
- Lead bartender + all kit and spirits included
- Typically 90 minutes to 2 hours
Price on quote · Per-head pricing
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03 · Self-Service
Pre-Batched Cocktail Bar
Cocktails on tap. No bartender required.
Cocktails pre-batched into kegs — margaritas, espresso martinis, aperol spritzes — and dispensed through The Pavilion's self-service taps. Works for larger parties on a tighter budget, or where you want flow without a staffed line. Dry hire option with bartender as add-on.
- The Pavilion bar with self-pour taps
- Pre-batched cocktail kegs from our standard range
- Glassware and garnishes supplied
- Bartender available as an add-on
Price on quote · Volume-based
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From Enquiry to Last Pour
Four steps. No surprises.
The cocktail-party version of how we work. We design the menu with you before the day, agree the drinks, and arrive with everything we need. No "we'll need to nip out for tonic water" mid-service.
01
Tell us the party
Date, venue, guest count, what kind of party it is. We come back within 24 hours with a fixed quote and a suggested cocktail flight.
02
We design the menu
Four to six cocktails, agreed with you. We can match a colour palette, work to a theme, or build around drinks you and your guests already love.
03
Delivery & setup
We arrive, unload, set up the bar, prep the cocktail station — usually two hours before service. Bartenders ready before the first guest walks in.
04
You enjoy the party
We run the bar end-to-end. At the end of the night we pack down, clear up, and leave you with a clean venue. Nothing for you to do.
From The Menu
Cocktails we make most.
A snapshot of what's on the bar at most of our events. Every menu is built with you — pick from these, add your own, or hand us a theme and we'll design the flight.
01 · The Workhorse
Espresso Martini
The drink that signals the party's properly started. We pour these by the dozen at most events — vodka, fresh espresso, sugar syrup, three beans on top. Shaken to order or pre-batched on tap.
House cocktail02 · The Looker
Passionfruit Martini
Half a passionfruit on the rim, prosecco on the side. Photogenic from any angle and quick to make in volume — the go-to for hen parties and milestone birthdays.
House cocktail03 · The Classic
Whisky Sour
Bourbon, lemon, sugar, egg white for the foam, angostura bitters on top. The cocktail that signals you've taken the bar seriously. Built fresh per order — not a pre-batch drink.
Made fresh04 · The Statement
Old Fashioned
Bourbon or rye, sugar, bitters, large ice cube, orange peel. The drink that tells your guests this isn't a hen-party prosecco bar. Slow-built, properly stirred.
Made fresh05 · The Summer Pour
Frozen Margarita
Slushie machine, tequila, lime, salt rim. Works for garden parties, daytime hens, and anywhere the dress-code involves dancing on grass. Available in batches by the litre.
Seasonal · Frozen06 · The Inclusive Pour
Alcohol-Free Menu
Mocktail builds and 0% spirits — Seedlip, Lyre's, alcohol-free aperitifs. Guests who aren't drinking get the same care, the same garnish, the same glassware. Included as standard on every staffed bar.
Included as standardRecent cocktail parties.
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Cocktail Party FAQs
The questions hosts ask first.
The four we get most. For the full list — glassware, ice, late finishes, what we do with leftovers — head to the FAQs page.
See all FAQs →Rule of thumb: 3 cocktails per guest for a 4-hour party, 4 for a 5-hour, 5+ for a long evening event. We'll send a recommended quantity list with your quote — it's based on guest count, party length, and the strength of the menu you've picked. We always quote slightly over rather than under.
Yes — masterclasses run at private homes regularly, especially for hen parties and milestone birthdays. We need a flat surface big enough for the bar, mains power, and somewhere for guests to stand. We bring everything else, including aprons and recipe cards. Group sizes from 8 to 30.
For staffed cocktail bars and masterclasses, we supply everything — spirits, mixers, garnishes, ice, glassware, the lot. You don't need to buy a single bottle. For pre-batched self-service setups, the kegs are supplied by us. The only time guests supply drinks is on our Bar in a Box service — which works for cocktails too, but you'd be batching them yourself.
Standard. Tell us your spirit of choice, a flavour profile (sweet / sour / dark / fruit-forward), and we'll design two or three options for you to taste-test. The final cocktail goes on the printed menu card with the name you give it. No extra fee for the design — just the ingredients.
Ready when you are
Let's plan your cocktail party.
Tell us the date, the venue, and roughly what you want from the night. Fixed quote within 24 hours. No pressure, no waffle.