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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
Eight Bars, One Standard

Pick the bar that fits the party.

Our main bars are mobile, six-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.

LED Illuminated The Mayfair bar — slatted black panel with oak top and warm LED underglow
The Mayfair
Our staffed cocktail flagship.

Slatted black panelling, solid oak worktop, warm LED underglow that lifts as the night goes on. Built for cocktail service — bartender space, prep room, photogenic from any angle.

Staffed cocktails · Evening parties · LED-lit
Customisable The Classic bar — stainless steel top with bold VIVA wordmark on a black panel
The Classic
For branded parties and milestone events.

Stainless top, bold black panel. The only bar with a swappable front — print your name, a milestone number, or a custom party design. Custom panel fee applies.

Custom panel · Milestone birthdays · Hen parties
LED Illuminated The Pavilion bar — slatted black panelling with elevated tap unit for self-service
The Pavilion
When the cocktails come pre-batched.

Same premium slatted finish as The Mayfair, but elevated for self-pour. Works well when your cocktails are pre-batched into kegs — margaritas, espresso martinis, spritzes — and guests serve themselves.

Self-service · Pre-batched cocktail kegs
The Riviera bar — powder blue front panel with oak worktop, summer styling
The Riviera
Summer drinks, daytime parties.

Powder blue panel, oak top. Daytime weddings, garden parties, summer hens. The softer option — works where the black bars feel too formal and the day calls for frozen margaritas or aperol spritzes.

Daytime · Garden parties · Summer hens
+£50 Upgrade The Guinness branded mobile bar from VIVA Bar Hire & Events
The Guinness
The bar that needs no introduction.

A striking black bar finished with unmistakable Guinness styling. Built on our versatile mobile bar format for weddings, parties, corporate events and celebrations where the bar itself should make an impression.

Up to 6 taps · Guinness branded
Heineken Branded The Heineken mobile draught bar hire
The Heineken
Heineken draught, self-contained.

A compact self-contained Heineken draught unit with built-in refrigeration and no separate gas bottle. Uses compatible kegs rather than standard kegs.

Single tap · Built-in refrigeration · No gas bottle required
+£750 Upgrade VIVA Belgravia curved white luxury mobile bar hire
The Belgravia
The statement curve.

A sweeping white panelled bar with classic detailing and a premium white worktop. Photographs beautifully at weddings, garden cocktail events and elegant private parties.

Up to 6 taps · Curved · Elegant events
+£1,500 Upgrade VIVA Knightsbridge luxury event bar with illuminated architectural back bar
The Knightsbridge
More than a bar. A centrepiece.

Our flagship installation — illuminated architectural back bar with integrated bottle display. Built for premium staffed cocktail service at large, high-end events.

Up to 6 taps · Architectural back bar · Premium staffed
VIVA bartender pouring espresso martinis next to a printed cocktail menu
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
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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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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 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.

Also available

Goes well with cocktails.

A gin bar, a prosecco wall or champagne tower for arrivals, and the glassware to serve it all in.

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.