Cocktail Bar Hire
Cocktail Bar Hire
Our Cocktail Bar Hire Packages
Mr Flavour delivers premium nationwide cocktail bar hire with skilled mixologists, premium ingredients, and fully customisable bar setups for weddings, corporate events, and private parties.
The team produces over 100,000 cocktails each year for celebrations and large-scale brand activations across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.
Every bar is run by trained mixologists and flair bartenders, ensuring consistent quality and a seamless guest experience.
Our service includes tailored menu planning, professional equipment, and reliable on-site coordination.
Clients can also link their booking with our mobile bar options or work alongside a dedicated party planner to create a complete event package.
Cocktail bar hire at a glance
★★★★★5.0 from 86 Google reviewsEverything needed to deliver the bar arrives with us. Fully licensed and insured, with a named event manager on every booking.
Why Mr Flavour is the leading choice
Mr Flavour stands out as one of the UK’s most experienced and trusted cocktail bar hire companies. Our team delivers more than 100,000 cocktails every year across weddings, corporate events and large-scale brand activations, giving us a level of expertise few providers can match. Every bar is staffed by trained mixologists and flair bartenders, supported by professional equipment, premium ingredients and complete on-site coordination.
Unlike standard bar hire companies, we offer molecular mixology, custom-built luxury bar fronts, and full event planning integration under one service. Our team also specialises in brand activations and high-volume events across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, making us the preferred partner for global brands and premium venues.
Clients choose Mr Flavour for consistency, creativity and a fully managed service that delivers a seamless guest experience from setup to clean-down.
Whether it’s a house party for 50 or a corporate launch for 5,000+. Our bars are designed to perform at the highest level.
Bespoke Cocktails
Elevate your event with our exclusive bespoke cocktail experience. At Mr Flavour, we believe that every drink should be as unique as the occasion itself.
Our master mixologists work closely with you to design a custom cocktail menu that perfectly reflects your taste and theme. From handcrafted infusions and artisanal syrups to exotic garnishes and rare spirits, we create one-of-a-kind flavor profiles that will tantalize your guests’ palates.
Whether you envision a classic cocktail with a modern twist or a completely new creation, our passion for innovation and dedication to quality ensure an unforgettable drinking experience. Let us craft the perfect pour for your celebration, a signature drink that tells your story.
Every setup is planned around guest numbers, drink choices and menu concepts so the bar fits the occasion perfectly.
Our Cocktail Bar Hire Packages
Our cocktail bar hire service includes everything needed for a smooth and reliable drinks experience.
Each bar is equipped with premium tools, fresh ingredients, full ice management and complete glassware to maintain a professional standard at every event.
Our mixologists and flair bartenders create signature cocktails, molecular serves and classic favourites with consistent quality.
The team also handle setup, menu planning, stock management and end-of-event clean down, ensuring the service runs without interruption.
Clients can enhance their booking with options such as branded bar hire, cocktail fountains or bespoke cocktail menus tailored to their theme.
We provide cocktail bar hire across Manchester, London, Birmingham, Cheshire, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and the wider UK.
What Cocktail Bar Hire Costs
Cocktail bar hire with Mr Flavour starts from £1,000 ex VAT. The final figure is shaped by three things: how many guests you are serving, how long the bar stays open, and how far the bar design is tailored to your event. Every quotation is built from those three, so you are never paying for a package that does not fit the occasion.
The Signature Bar, from £1,000 ex VAT. Our core cocktail bar hire package. A styled bar, a curated menu of up to five cocktails, fully licensed and insured bartenders, all glassware, ice, garnish and equipment, and a named event manager from booking to breakdown. Suited to private parties, milestone birthdays and intimate weddings.
The Curated Bar. Everything in the Signature Bar, with a bespoke menu designed around your event, elevated serves including smoke, clarified and pre batched cocktails, and a bar dressed to your palette. Suited to weddings and corporate hospitality where the bar is part of the design of the room.
The Statement Bar. A fully bespoke build. Custom bar architecture, branding applied to the structure, theatrical service and flair, and drinks developed as original recipes for the occasion. This is the tier behind our work for Aston Martin, Adidas and Audemars Piguet.
Dry hire is available across all three tiers where you prefer to supply your own spirits. Speak with our team for a quotation built around your guest numbers and venue.
Designing Your Cocktail Menu
The menu is where a cocktail bar stops being a service and becomes part of the event. Most events settle on three to five cocktails. That range keeps service quick at the bar and gives guests a genuine choice without the queue that a long list creates.
We build menus in one of three ways. A curated selection draws on the classics your guests already know, executed properly. A bespoke menu is developed from scratch around the occasion, the couple, or the brand, with original recipes and names written for the event. A themed menu takes its direction from the styling of the room, whether that is a period setting, a colour story or a destination.
Every menu is balanced deliberately. A spirit forward serve, something long and refreshing, something sparkling, and at least one considered alcohol free option so that guests who are not drinking are served with the same care as those who are. Our mocktail bar hire uses the same technique and the same glassware, because a guest should never be able to tell from across the room.
Signature serves that appear most often on our menus include a clarified milk punch built days ahead and served crystal clear, a smoked old fashioned finished under a cloche at the bar, an English garden serve using seasonal British produce, and a sparkling aperitivo for arrival. Each can be adapted to the palette and the season.
Menus are agreed in a tasting or consultation ahead of the event, and we handle allergen documentation for every serve as standard.
Bartenders, Guest Numbers and Service Timings
Staffing is the single biggest factor in whether a bar feels effortless or feels like a queue. As a guide, we allocate one bartender per seventy five guests for a standard cocktail service, and one per fifty where the menu features elevated or theatrical serves that take longer to build.
Bar size follows the same logic. A single bar comfortably serves up to two hundred guests. Beyond that we recommend a second service point, either a second bar or a dedicated station for welcome drinks, so that arrival does not create a bottleneck that the rest of the evening never recovers from.
Timings matter just as much. A reception drinks service runs differently to an evening bar, and the busiest twenty minutes of any event are the ones immediately after guests are released from a formal sit down. We plan service around your running order rather than the clock, and pre batch where volume demands it so that quality holds at the peak rather than falling away.
Set up typically takes two to three hours depending on the build, and breakdown is handled quietly once service closes. For events where the bartending itself is part of the entertainment, our flair bartenders can be added to any package.
Dry Hire or Full Service
There are two ways to work with us, and the right one depends on your venue and your licence.
Full service is the more common choice. Mr Flavour supplies the bar, the team, the spirits, the mixers, the glassware and the ice, and takes responsibility for licensing and insurance. You agree a menu and a guest number, and everything from stock ordering to waste removal sits with us. It is the simpler arrangement and the one most venues prefer.
Dry hire suits clients whose venue holds its own licence, or who have a relationship with a supplier, or who want to provide something particular from a private cellar. We supply the bar, the equipment and the bartenders, and you supply the alcohol. The craft, the glassware and the service are unchanged. See our dry bar hire page for detail.
Some venues will only permit one of the two. We are happy to speak with your venue directly to establish what is possible before you commit to either route, and we hold public liability insurance and personal licence holders for events across the UK.
Cocktail Bar Hire Across the UK
Mr Flavour is based in Manchester and works nationwide. Travel within Greater Manchester is included as standard, and events beyond it are quoted with travel and logistics built in rather than added afterwards.
We hold regular relationships with venues in each of the regions below, which means we usually arrive already knowing the loading access, the power supply and the timings your venue expects. Where a venue is new to us, we carry out a site visit or a direct call with the events team before the date so that nothing about the build is discovered on the day.
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Destination and overseas events are quoted individually. Our team has delivered hospitality at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and continues to travel for clients whose events sit outside the UK.
FAQ's
How Many Cocktails Can I Choose?
Most events select 3–5 cocktails for the menu. This keeps service quick and ensures every drink is delivered at a high standard. Our team will recommend options based on guest numbers, event duration and your theme.
What Size Bar Do I Need & How Many Staff?
Bar size and staffing levels depend on guest count and service length. As a guide, a 2–3 metre bar with 2 mixologists is ideal for up to 80 guests. Larger events may require multiple stations or a dedicated flair team. We assess this during planning to guarantee a smooth service.
Can I supply my own alcohol?
Yes. We offer dry-hire cocktail bars where clients provide spirits and mixers while we handle the equipment, bartenders, ingredients and ice. We’ll send a full stock list so quantities match your guest numbers.
Can you use the bar at my booked venue?
Absolutely. Our bars are fully mobile and can be installed inside homes, gardens, marquees, hotels and commercial venues. We assess access points, power and space to ensure the setup fits safely and efficiently.
What Information Do You Need to book a cocktail bar?
We typically require event date, location, guest numbers, service hours and menu preferences. From this, we create a tailored package with staff, stock, bar design and logistics included.
Do you cover London, Manchester and Birmingham?
Yes. Mr Flavour provides cocktail bar hire across Manchester, London, Birmingham, Surrey, Cheshire, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds and nationwide. We also support international brand activations across Europe and the Middle East.
What types of packages do you offer?
Packages include all-inclusive cocktail bars, dry-hire bars, themed wedding menus, premium bar fronts, flair bartending shows and add-ons such as cocktail fountains or champagne towers. Every package can be customised to match your theme and guest experience. Our cocktail bar hire packages start from £1,000 ex VAT, with the final quote based on guest numbers, service hours and bar design.
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Mr Flavour fully customise each of our events exactly to our clients requirements. For a quote from us simply fill out the form with your requirements for your event and we will email you a quote tailored to your interests. We get in touch for all our enquiries in less than 24 hours.Alternatively give us a call today to discuss your needs and we can start working on some ideas for you