Service · Staffed Bar
We run the bar. You run the day.
Trained bartenders, a fully stocked bar, a menu built around your event, and cashless card payment if you want a cash bar. End to end — you don’t touch it. Minimum spend from £1,999.
Trained, uniformed bartenders
Bar stocked & menu built with you
Cashless card payment available
Sober & low-ABV menu as standard
What Staffed Bar Is
Hands-off, top to bottom.
This is the fully-managed option. We bring the whole bar — front bar, back bar, spirits, fridges, draught, ice and glassware — plus the staff, the stock and the menu, and we run it for the duration. Your only job is to enjoy your own event.
Included as standard
Everything to run the bar.
In every staffed bar quote — no hidden line items added later.
- Choice of bar — Classic, Mayfair, Pavilion or Riviera. Branded: The Guinness (+£50), The Heineken. Premium: The Belgravia (+£750), The Richmond (+£750), The Knightsbridge (+£1,500)
- Trained, uniformed bartenders for your event
- Fully stocked bar — drinks supplied and chilled
- The back bar too — spirits and optics, fridges, ice, glassware and garnishes all brought with us
- Bespoke menu built with you before the day
- Up to 6 working taps configured to your event
- Cashless card payment for cash-bar events
- Sober & low-ABV menu — included by default
- Delivery, setup, service, and breakdown
- Public liability insurance
- The price we quote is the price you pay
Optional upgrades
Make it bigger.
Everything below is optional. We'll quote any of it before you commit.
- Custom Classic front panel — your names or branding
- Signature cocktail menu, designed with you
- Welcome drinks service on arrival
- Espresso martini / cocktail hour
- Frozen drinks / slushie machine (seasonal)
- Extra bartenders for high-volume service
- Glassware hire
- Late finish (past midnight)
Nine Bars, One Standard
Pick the bar. We staff it.
All we need on site is a standard three-pin socket, the same as a fridge. Our main bars are mobile, six-tap capable, and configured to your event. Staffed service works across the range — The Mayfair is the usual pick for premium evening events. Whichever you choose, it comes with the full back bar: spirits, fridges, ice, glassware and a card machine, all set up by us.
From Enquiry to Last Orders
How it works.
Quotes are fixed before booking, not estimated. We build the menu and confirm timings, access, and bar config with you well before the day.
01
Tell us your event
Venue, date, guest count, the kind of drinks you want. We quote within 24 hours, and the price we quote is the price you pay.
02
We build your menu
Drinks list, signature cocktails, the sober & low-ABV options, staffing level. Custom Classic panel mocked up if you want one.
03
We arrive & set up
Bar in, stocked, chilled, taps tested, staff briefed. Ready and serving before your first guest reaches it.
04
We run it, then leave
Our team works the bar through the event, then breaks down and takes everything away. Nothing left on you.
What It Costs
Minimum bar spend from £1,999.
That is a minimum spend, not a hire fee. It is the least the bar needs to take across the night — whether your guests buy their own drinks, or you put money behind the bar for them. If the bar takes less than the minimum, you cover the difference. Anything above it is just drinks sold.
That figure is for local events. It rises with distance, guest numbers, service hours and what you want on the bar, so yours is set for your event before you book. A separate booking fee and any agreed extras are confirmed in your quotation.
Guest-paid bar
Your guests buy their own drinks and those sales count towards the minimum.
Partly hosted
You put an agreed amount behind the bar — a welcome drink, the toast, the first hour — and guests pay beyond it.
Fully hosted
You cover your guests' drinks for the event. Quoted differently, and agreed with you in advance.
A guest-paid example
Minimum bar spend agreed: £1,999
What your guests spend on the night: £2,200
Shortfall for you to cover: £0
An illustration of the guest-paid arrangement, not a quote. Any separate booking fee and agreed extras remain payable.
Staffed Bar — Fully Managed
Minimum bar spend from £1,999
Not a hire fee. Guests buy their own drinks and those sales count towards it. Bartenders, stock, menu, back bar and service included; a separate booking fee may apply.
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What moves the price
- Guest numbers & service hoursQuoted
- Number of bartendersQuoted
- Drinks menu & signature cocktailsQuoted
- Custom Classic front panelQuoted
- Late finish past midnightQuoted
Every staffed bar is quoted for the specific event. The back bar comes as standard — spirits, optics, fridges and ice — so you are never getting a bar on its own. Glassware is included depending on the level of spend; we confirm that at quote stage along with lead time. The price we quote is the price you pay.
Staffed, in service.
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Staffed Bar FAQs
The questions people ask first.
The four we get most. For the full list — staffing ratios, cash vs free bar, late finishes, dietary and alcohol-free options — head to the FAQs page.
See all FAQs →We do. A staffed bar is fully stocked — we supply and chill everything, built around the menu we agree with you. If you'd prefer to supply your own drinks and just have our staff pour them, say so and we'll quote it that way instead.
Yes. We run our own cashless card system, so a staffed bar can be a paid cash bar, a free host bar, or a tab up to a limit you set. Tell us which model you want and we'll set it up — guests tap to pay, no cash handling needed.
It depends on guest numbers and how fast you want service to move. We recommend a staffing level when we quote — enough that the queue never becomes the story of the night. You can add more bartenders for high-volume events.
Always. A sober & low-ABV menu is included on every staffed bar as standard — proper mocktails and alcohol-free options, not just a jug of orange juice. Guests who aren't drinking get something made for them, not an afterthought.
Ready when you are
Let's run the bar for you.
Tell us your date, your venue, and the kind of night you want. Fixed quote within 24 hours. No pressure, no waffle.
Also available
Need more than the bar?
These are additional services rather than part of a staffed bar booking — tell us what you need and we’ll quote them together.
