Cocktail Bar Hire & Masterclasses

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

From enquiry to first cocktail.

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 cocktail

02 · 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 cocktail

03 · 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 fresh

04 · 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 fresh

05 · 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 · Frozen

06 · 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 standard

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.

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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.

Shaken, stirred,
served at yours.

A bar built for cocktails.

Learn it. Drink it. Repeat.

Three ways to do it.