European Bartender School  Reviews 157

The sales representatives are quick to take your money however really rubbish in responding.
No hope!

They managed to help me with all my questions before the course started, and helped me change the booking and date since I was sick and couldn't attend the scheduled course in London.
Very professional and managed to find a job in two weeks through their Job page.
I really recommend and it's the best investment I ever made.
Thank you so much for taking good care of me!

An amazing experience. All of the EBS team are kind, funny and unquestionably experienced in cocktails and teaching. All skills I have learnt are easily applicable to working in real life cocktail bars.

Although the hostel is not amazing, it is no way a reflection on EBS. You do not have to stay in the hostel to attend the course. Personally I have found the hostel really enjoyable and a great place to meet other travelers.

1. Accommodation

I was booked into a tiny 4 bunks (8 sleeping places) hostel room. Mixed gender. No table, no chair, no en-suite shower or even en-suite toilet. No fridge, no microwave, no kitchen at all, no quiet lounge zone in the entire hostel. The only place to work&study is a bar filled with loud pop-music. No wonder by the middle of the third week everyone felt exhausted and had several flu symptoms.

Why not give customers some info and options in advance? I was ready to pay more!

2. School

That tiny basement was never designed for a large group like ours. Neither spatially, nor in terms of water and fresh air supply. With 43 humans inside the school looks nothing like that video in their Instagram, it’s living hell: it smells, it’s all moving elbows and trying to outshout each other.

3. Textbook.

About a half of it is just ads. Ads and more ads. Brands, personalias, products, extra courses, bars. Even the part all the students are supposed to learn by heart contains ads.

4. Stuff

Out of three teachers only one speaks native English and two others were constantly forgetting necessary words, switching to their mother tongues and asking students for translation, not even able to read the educational presentations correctly. Dividing liqueurs into generic and proprietary categories, not once was the teacher capable of pronouncing “proprietary” right, even after getting help from the group. And that’s only one of many mistakes. So if you want to work in the industry and sound professional, you’ll have to check every word, every sound and stress in a dictionary by yourself.

Teachers rolleye and groan loudly every time they have to answer an intercom and open a door, call their manager “stupid” in front oh the group, respond “shut up” on student’s jokes. Not in a funny context like “shut up and take my money”, no, it’s just a general atmosphere of complete burnout and lower class resentment.

And the manager is really stupid. One day I was asked if everything's alright and if I’d like to talk to her. Oh, they want to listen and improve, I hoped. Ha. Ha-ha-ha. I was lectured on how grateful I must feel for any accommodation at all like it’s some charity project for homeless ones.

5. Conclusion

This course might be a great lesson for your spoiled child: if a little c*nt whines about slightest discomfort and can’t resist power trips from time to time, send them into an EBS course to experience real discomfort and disrespect.

It’s also useful for those who are adamant about becoming a bartender. Some students just ignore all the trouble and practice to become professional. My respect! But can’t those devoted and talented kids gain the same skills somewhere else?

Anyway, if you’re just curious about drinking culture and industry, save your money, time and health.

Booked a course for my son some time ago. Last spring it was very easy to contact them and get information. Now I need to change the date of the course and it is impossible to get in touch. I tried to call several times with no answer. I sent an email, no contact back, are they still working?

Noone answers the phone.
I try several days with more than one hour each phonecall.
No no no, do not use this.

Bought a course from European Bartender School a month ago and never got access to it.
The company somehow does not respond my messages and don't send me a link to reset my password, apparently my login does not exist, although it existed when I made my payment.
I don't know about the content of their online course (because I've never had the chance), but I can say that my experience with the company has been really bad.

I did the course in “Paris”, first of all the location wasn’t even in Paris but Mointruel, which is like a 20 min at least metro ride from Paris city. It’s not the worst place Mointruel, but the living accommodation is literally in like the OUTSKIRTS of Mointruel. The course it self is all right, it’s a 30 min walk from the accommodation but there is buss options. Besides from half sexist (male) teachers and the humongous favoritism amongst the students and teachers, it was an alright experience the bartender education. It’s a lot of studying though, you have two written tests every day mon-fri.

Something that was a bit shocking or different from where I come from, is that they read your score/results from the day test out loud and will be very vocal (infront off everybody) if you did a bad job, they will even go so far and make jokes and making the person with low score feel quite awful or akward.

Long story short, if you are going to explore paris, don’t do this, it’s a waste of money, since there is so much studying it won’t leVe you much time to actually do something on the days, and the distance is so far it takes planning and what not. If you actually want to be a barman/bartender, sure it’s a decent education itself, but would not recommend the Paris one.

Also the house you live in if you chose to buy accommodation aswell is BAD you sleep in triple bunk beds that make sounds from the smalles movements. Also only two bathrooms for 30 ish people, it’s not clean, there was dust and stains here and there when I arrived.

Great experience! I lived together with other people taking the course in the heart of Barcelona. We learned a lot, drank a lot and had a great time :-)

I encountered EBS in an Instagram ad back in 2020. I thought it looked amazing, so after some research and a few weeks of thinking I signed up for the "International Bartender Course"(IBC) for the summer of 2020. Unfortunately, covid-19 made it impossible to take the course at the planned location, however, the support team helped me get a spot at an available school. The IBC is such an amazing experience, that I highly recommend for people that have an interest in the industry or if you just like home bartending. 10/10 for the experience.

In July of 2021, I attended the "Barista Course" in Rome. Again, a great experience with an amazing instructor. Just like the IBC, the barista course was an amazing experience that made job searching at cafes so much easier afterwards.

Recently, I attended the "Advanced Bartending Course"(ABC) from the 30th of August to the 10th of September. The ABC is just as challenging as the IBC, if not more. The ABC is amazing for cocktail-nerds and enthusiastic home bartenders. The class is very small and the teachers were amazing and just as big 'nerds' as the students. This made it an unforgettable time and changed my carrier in a very positive way.

I don't have anything bad to say about EBS at all. The spirit of the instructors, no matter the course, is absolutely amazing. They go out of their way to adapt and help every student overcome difficulties and at the same time manage to create a fun environment to learn in.
The service/sales/support team is very helpful and will answer all your questions, if needed they will contact other people to help you. They made the process very easy and without any issues.
Last of all, I just want to praise the whole team of instructors at the different schools for being excellent at their jobs and for making every single course a life-changing experience.v

I've been pleasantly surprised about how everything was professionally organized. The people in Barcelona really helped me getting through the course. They supported me when I was sick and I really learned a lot which I would have needed years of experience to get there by myself.

EBS is one of my best choice i ever choosed. If anyone want to become a bartender and have 0 knowledge it's the best platform to learn and earn your skills. They will teach you with all the tools that you want to become as a professional bartender. If you are looking on it i suggest to choose it definitely.

A wonderful experience, the perfect way to learn about bartending on 360° and making new friends. I have made the advanced course, it has really interesting topics, the masterclasses were super interesting and last but not least the instructors are super prepared and sympatic. It really opened my mind. Thank you

It is a beautifull experience, its not easy to learn everything but they make it so mutch fun that if you put just some effort in it, it will chance youre life !

Was such a nice experience, it's a lot to learn but absolutely worth it!

My ebs experience just start one year before
I was in Barcelona make the 4 week course
I fall in love whit this style of life I want just to stop the time in that mount so much fun and so many things to learn
I don’t want to finish that
After my instructor tell me about the academy
And now I lucky enough to work like instructor in ebs
The experience just go in the next level I filling new things and everything is go up
Is so nice to be surrounded whit this people all the time

The EBS experience I had in Palma de Mallorca was a great opportunity for my professional future. I discovered much more than a job, "Bartending"! A team spirit, a family, in-depth, interesting and even exciting courses! At EBS you never get bored! Because the teachers are great, as well as the methods taught! You learn fast and well! Always at your own pace ;)

During one month you will make cocktails you never imagined you could make! I strongly recommend the mixology course by the way, excellent ! You will come out of this experience as a different person, believe me !

I strongly recommend EBS to anyone who wants to start bartending, it's simple, don't hesitate, go for it!

EBS London
Amazing, small group so the instructor can take time to explain everything. The morning time with the lessons touch all the aspect of all the spirits and all we need to know on the ground. Learn by practicing is the best way to learn.
Thanks EBS!! Thanks Rich!

I loved the whole experience its amazing for people getting started in the area but also for people who wanna experience something different , at the end of the month you end up with a feeling of havin a small family inside the course

So experienced instructors and fun people! A good mixture between knowledge/studies and fun with new friends. It was a "once in a life time" experience and i don't regret it a single bit, I've got friends for life and (probably) a job, just 1h after the course ended:)