Staffing estimate
Cocktail staff hire prices
Use guest numbers and service hours for the initial labour estimate below. The full quote adds the event postcode for travel and shows any bar or supplied-package options separately.
Bar and staffing plan
Guest numbers, working space and drink choices
Working surface or mobile bar
Staff-only service uses an existing bar or suitable surface. A straight mobile bar needs its ordered width by 1.5m floor depth; other layouts have different footprints.
Staffing and service hours
Plan around one bartender per 50 guests and one 1.5m bar unit per 100 guests. Confirm the menu and running order when reviewing the setup.
Cocktail menu
Select drinks from the existing Cocktailhire menu. Your choices determine the ingredients and equipment required for the booked service.
Event work and client reviews
Cocktailhire bars and bartenders at real events
View photographs and case studies of our bar setups and drinks service. The relationship note explains the context of the names shown.
These are venues where we have worked, brands that have commissioned us and events we have supplied. Bookings may have been arranged by independent organisers rather than the venue or brand shown. The logos do not imply endorsement or an approved-supplier relationship.
Commercial proof
Commercial event bars: equipment, staffing and service examples
See how our mobile bars and bartenders have been used for office events and retail launches. Each example explains the bar arrangement and who supplied the drinks, ingredients and glassware.
Compare the arrangements in each example.Use the case studies to check the bar size, working positions and supplied equipment against your event. The venue pages provide separate planning guidance; a named venue is not a claim of endorsement.
Send commercial event details
- Office event bar setup: Amazon Manchester.
- Retail launch bars over two floors: Represent Manchester.
- Hotel and recognised-room examples: Nobu Hotel, Claridge’s and The Savoy.
Office eventsStaffed drinks service for team celebrations, office receptions and company parties.
Retail launchesBartenders and bar positions for store openings and product-launch receptions.
Hotel receptionsCocktail service for private hotel events, subject to the venue agreeing external suppliers.
Media and brand roomsDrinks preparation and service for launches, PR receptions and brand activations.
Request a commercial bar quote.Provide the event date, venue, guest numbers and service hours. Tell us whether you need staff only, a staffed bar or supplied drinks.
Send the commercial brief
- Date, city and venue
- Guest numbers and service window
- Event type and audience type
- Bar position, access and load-in
- Ingredient or brand-supplied drinks position
- Glassware, POS, content or reporting needs
Read the individual client reviews below and follow the review link for their public source.
Suzanne Moss
Birthday / anniversary booking
★★★★★
I hired Stu for our birthday and anniversary party. He was very professional and certainly made our evening a night to remember. I would highly recommend him.
Stephen Pike
Private event booking
★★★★★
Experience was brilliant and Henry who came was brilliant with all our guests. Highly recommend.
Sodhi Dhillon
Cocktail party booking
★★★★★
Stu took care of all the details, including the cocktails and the full list of ingredients, which made the whole thing feel easy on the night.
Plan your event: View the service options and your itemised quote.
Service and booking details
What your cocktail service booking covers
Service hours and setup
The booked service time is when drinks service begins. Setup and preparation are arranged before that service window.
Menu and supplies
Choose drinks from the existing Cocktailhire menu. Staff-only clients receive an ingredient shopping list; supplied packages include their agreed ingredients.
Written event information
Check the date, address, guest numbers, service hours and selected additions in the booking documents. For mobile bars, share the production floor plan with your venue team.
