Mobile Bar Hire

Every mobile bar is quoted to your event. The price depends on the scale of the build, the number of guests, how long the bar is open, the drinks menu and any branding or showpieces. We charge per event, not per hour, and setup and breakdown are included. Send your date, venue and guest number and an itemised quote follows within 24 hours. Travel is quoted for each event. Typical budgets by guest count are in our mobile bar hire cost guide.

The bar and backbar, glassware, ice, garnishes and every bar tool needed for service, licensed bartenders and mixologists who run drink service, stock and guest flow, a drinks menu with allergen records, setup and breakdown, and an event manager from booking to the last serve.

It is the same service. A mobile bar is a self contained bar we bring to your venue, set up, stock and staff, then clear away after service. It works indoors, in a marquee or in a garden, with no plumbing needed. Portable bar hire, event bar hire and mobile bars for events all describe the same service.

Drink complexity and peak demand matter as much as the guest count. A full cocktail menu takes longer to make than a simpler serve, and a rush at arrivals asks more of a bar than a steady evening, so the same number of guests can need a different bar at different events. As a guide, a single bar comfortably serves up to two hundred guests; past that, or where everyone arrives at once, we add a second service point or a separate welcome station. Send a floor plan or a few photos of the space and we will tell you which bars fit, allowing room for guests to queue and for the team to work behind the bar.

As a guide, one mixologist per 50 guests for a full cocktail menu, or up to one per 75 for a simpler serve. We adjust that against your running order.

Full service includes the drinks, glassware, ice and our bartenders. With dry hire we bring the bar, team and equipment and you supply the stock from our list. Staff only service is available for venues that already have a fixed bar.

We build branded front panels and wraps, lighting, LED menus and themed styling, and we create signature serves named after your brand or campaign. For Verisk that meant the Risk Insight Bar. See branded bar hire.

A route for loading, a level space for the bar and a standard 13 amp socket for most builds. Larger bars may need a second circuit, and outdoor sites usually need a generator, which we can arrange. We check every detail with the venue before the date.

Our bars are fully self contained, so they work in marquees, gardens and on terraces as well as indoors. Outdoor sites usually need a generator for power, which we can arrange, and we check access and ground conditions before the date.

We bring a styled, staffed bar to private homes and gardens for birthdays, anniversaries and celebrations, and we check access and the space with you beforehand so the build fits.

Our largest event is the St John's May Ball in Cambridge, at up to 10,000 guests every year, and we build the bars for the ATFX party at Billingsgate for more than 2,000. We add service points and welcome stations so the queue stays short.

Only if alcohol is sold. Free drinks need no licence. Where alcohol is sold, our personal licence holders cover it, including a Temporary Event Notice where a site is unlicensed.

Cocktail bars, wedding bars, branded bars, pop up bars, mocktail bars, and smoothie, milkshake, juice and coffee bars for daytime events, with champagne towers and cocktail fountains as showpieces. Every bar is staffed and styled to suit your event.

We design the menu around your event, your tastes and your theme, from signature serves named after a couple to a curated list of classics, with alcohol free serves made with the same care.

Both. Wedding bar hire is one of our specialisms, and we build branded bars and drinks experiences for corporate events, launches and activations for brands including Google, the BBC, Amazon and Bentley.

The whole UK, from our Manchester base, with regular events in London and a strong presence in the North West and Birmingham. We also travel for destination weddings and events across Europe and the Middle East.

Most of our clients host a prepaid bar, so guests never need to pay, and it is the way we recommend. Where an event needs it, we can arrange a cash or token bar on request.

Four to eight weeks is recommended, and earlier for peak wedding dates and December. We have turned events around in a week when the date demands it, so ask even at short notice.

We hold £10 million public liability and employers' liability insurance with Hiscox, and our bartenders are licensed and trained.