Hire A Barman Ireland Reviews 96

I booked 2 barmen for my 21st and they could not have been better! Constant communication and cooperation leading up to the day, they rang earlier in the day to double check when to show up and made sure everything was ok. They were absolutely brilliant at their jobs!! They could not have been nicer and they kept an amazing energy all night! Will definitely be using again and recommending to friends

Keith was great. Reached out to us ahead of the event, asked to be briefed, arrived prepared (had to learn a few bespoke cocktails). Worked very hard to minimise the wait time, was very personable and fun.

As with the majority of the reviews below - I confirmed the booking the week of the event and again the day before. The day of my sister's hen party I got an email saying "Finton" wasn't answering his phone and gave me a phone number to try. Needless to say, he didn't turn up and 5 days later I still haven't been given an explanation or even a phone call to apologise. Clearly this is a common occurrence with this company so I'd strongly advise avoiding them.

Hired a mixologist for my 40th in my house and from start to finish I found them to be excellent, The mixologist Jose was absolutely brilliant I can't recommend him enough. He was fantastic with the guests, Arrived early and had everything ready to go before people arrived. I will definitely use these guys again.

We had our team event and everything worked as planned. The barman adapted to our needs and it was the perfect mix between workshop and giving some space for people to network. 100% recommended!

Our Barman/Mixologist contacted us the night before, arrived 15 mins before the start time. Had a great night for our daughters birthday party. We all had a great night. Just a great experience without having to go to a packed pub, was great to have it in our home. Would definitely recommend amd will use again 🍹

Very professional will definitely be using them again

Booked this hire a barman experience for my Birthday and have to say it was an excellent event. Our barman Finton arrived early and prepared all different cocktails for everyone and I must say he was brilliant. Great service, great fun and would definitely hire again. Would highly recommend for any event!

A one stop shop….
Everything you could need he had,
All the experience needed he had,
Couldn’t speak any higher for Finton, very professional, great energy, hands on and encouraging. Lots of laughter and memories made would definitely do it again and would highly recommend.

Can not recommend this company enough brilliantly mixologist a guy called finton was our bartender very well dressed and his cocktails were amazing and the company handled all our needs for our event very well I will definitely be using hire a bar man ireland again

Brilliant I have used this company many of times nothing professional services and amazing mixologist.

An amazing service .
Everything was organised and provided very little stress as an organiser.
Barman very professional and polite.
Would not hesitate to use or recommend this company

I would never again deal with this company.

Booked for my friends hen party in Sept in Galway. I had paid the deposit, chosen the cocktails and all was organised. The bar man Fintan contacted me the night before to confirm the time. He never showed up, no call, no text and no answers to my calls & texts. My night was ruined constantly checking my phone and also having 25 girls and not enough beverages as we were expecting 75 cocktails.

I received my deposit back but no explanation as to why the Barman never turned up. I would have understood if their was a valid reason.

We hired the 100 Cocktail Package for an outdoor festival we held for a ladies club in a private garden in late September. There was initially a bit of to and fro regarding the deposit, but once all that was sorted it ran like clockwork. The Barmen arrived 30 minutes before the event and had everything set up and ready to go on time. We had over 40 people arriving pretty much at the same time and everyone got served. The barman were efficient and charming and chatted easily with the guests, collecting glasses and even bringing drinks on request once the initial rush died down. At the end the packed up in 20 minutes and were gone without leaving any mess or rubbish. We would definitely use them again. Everyone agreed the cocktails were delicious!

I booked hire a bartender 8 weeks before my event. All the planning was done over email, I purchased all the ingredients and I contacted the company and confirmed the booking 2 days before.

Unfortunately I received an email from the bartender cancelling on the day of the event. This caused a lot of stress to come up with a solution for the party and was very disapointing.

I did receive a refund of my deposit without request which I appreciate however I had no contact or apology from the event manager which I found unprofessional. The bartender was unable to reach him on the day of the event.

I would not risk booking from Hire a Bartender again. It seems from reviews that it's luck of the draw if someone actually shows up for your event.

I recently used Hire a Barman for a house party. The two bar people were fantastic. They arrived on time and were very pleasant and obliging. They made the agreed cocktails as well as any others people requested, they checked to ensure everyone had a drink and they collected bottles and glasses and washed them. Everything to make my life easier so I could enjoy the evening. I would definitely use them again!

Wonderful cocktails, Jose and Oriana were brilliant and all our guests were super impressed BUT I would not put myself through the stress of dealing with these guys again. Given the mixed reviews here, I was trying to contact the company in the run up to my 50th which they were booked for and bar one enquiry I made about glassware, they ghosted me. Reny, whom I first spoke to a couple of months ago told me the two bar people would arrive around 7pm/7.15pm to set up for the party which was kicking off at 8pm. No one called to confirm anything to me, no one responded to my emails looking to confirm everything, their phone rang out all the time and so I had told my guests that the "cocktail" part of my party would most likely not be happening. I honestly thought I had been scammed.

At 7.15pm on the evening of my party I got a call from Jose saying he was enroute from Wexford to Dublin and would be late. He arrived at 8.45pm...had to set up the station etc.
OK, when he got going with the cocktails, they were a huge hit with everyone and Oriana was super helpful with hosting as much as with the bar work. But man, the stress of not knowing if these guys would turn up or not makes this a bad business to deal with.

If cocktails are a total add on to your party...go for it but if they are part of your core party plan, it's not worth the stress imo.

Jose and Oriana were brilliant. The cocktails were super. The business model/operations suck. If the party that Jose had been working at in Wexford had run over any longer,I reckon it would have been a complete no show, no excuses for my party. I think every customer deserves better than that.

Great product. Great bar people. Dreadful way of running a business and so on that basis I cannot recommend these guys. Which is a shame.

Hire a Barman was great to work with. We booked a bartender for a company event a few weeks in advance; the day before the event, they confirmed again and gave me the contact info of the bartender. Day of the event, Finton was early and prepared. He brought everything with him we required. He was great and made excellent cocktails and everyone in the office was delighted by the whole experience. He cleaned up afterwards and left the place sparkling. Overall Hire a Barman was really easy to work with and we'll definitely book them again for future corporate events.

We used hireabarman.ie for a 21st Party on Saturday and from start to finish I found them extremely professional and very helpful as I had so many questions! Jose was the Mixologist, who arrived at exactly 8.00pm and worked so hard getting 150 cocktails out, which were really nice and positively commented on by everyone. Jose was the star of the night showing off his skills which impressed everyone. I would highly recommend hireabarman.ie for any event and would definitely use the service again.

VERY VERY Disappointed

I contacted (Hire A Barman Ireland hireabarman.ie), and DAN from the Events Department, responded to me with all the details etc, I had organised a bartender to come and make cocktails for my guests and they had assigned a guy called ALEX, my party was held on Saturday 1st of July, but all this was organised and deposit paid just over a month before.

I called them on Thursday 29th of June just to double make sure everything was sorted, and the guy on the phone confirmed that ALEX will be there etc.

Come Saturday 1st of July, ALEX did not arrive, no phone call or text message to explain why, it was a complete mess.

I tried calling, and emailing, no answer, I dont even think I will get my refund back for the deposit I paid.

DO NOT USE THESE people: Hireabarman.ie / hireamixologist.ie / cocktails.ie.

I will be looking into this further as I want my deposit back, complete rubbish.