RBS-certified bartenders and a full portable bar for birthday parties across Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. Milestones, surprise parties, backyards, themed events — the host hosts, not bartends. From $795 with everything included.
The host either tries to bartend their own party and spends four hours behind an ice chest instead of with their guests, or they pay a caterer and watch 200-400% alcohol markup turn a reasonable budget into an unreasonable invoice. Neither works. A dry-hire mobile bar fixes both: a RBS-certified bartender shows up with everything (bar, glassware, ice, mixers, garnish), you buy the alcohol at retail in your own name, and the host actually hosts. The guest-of-honor's spouse stops mixing drinks for their 60 best friends and goes back to the dance floor.
We work birthdays across Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego — roughly one in three bookings on our LA calendar is a milestone or birthday celebration. The four packages below are tuned to the formats we see most: a 30-50 guest backyard, a 60-100 guest milestone, and the big-energy 150+ guest 40th or 50th that needs two stations to keep the line down.
Pick by guest count and length. Everything is in the quoted price. You supply the alcohol at retail (dry-hire); we bring the bar.
See the full package detail at our pricing page.
The guest-of-honor's favorite spirit anchors the signature cocktail. We match the menu to the decade: tequila-forward for the 40ths, agave + mezcal for the 50ths, old-fashioned and manhattan menus for the 60ths. Pre-poured champagne or sparkling for the toast moment. Culver City lofts, Pasadena backyards, Hermosa beach decks all common.
Discreet 60-90 minute setup before the guest-of-honor arrives. Bar hidden under cloth cover or staged in a separate room until the reveal. First drink pouring the second they walk in. We coordinate directly with whoever is bringing the honoree so the timing is exact and nothing in the driveway tips the surprise.
Small-footprint bar setup for Highland Park cottages, Culver City duplexes, Pasadena craftsman backyards. Our portable bar fits a 6×3 ft space, including the station behind it. We bring the extension cord if you want power for the blender; we bring hand-crank margaritas if you don't.
90s nostalgia, roaring 20s, tropical, Barbie, James Bond, speakeasy, Mexican fiesta, Great Gatsby. Our bartenders dress the part on request (vest and bow tie for the 20s, Hawaiian shirts for tropical, all-pink for Barbie) and the signature cocktail menu matches. Printed menu card in your theme on Signature and Grand.
Baby shower, graduation party, retirement, birthday-plus-engagement double celebration. These skew brunch-timed (11 AM to 3 PM), so we lean into mimosas, bloody marys, aperol spritz and espresso martinis. Mocktail menu goes deeper than a wedding because pregnant guests and in-recovery friends are often central.
Mixed-age events where adults get the full cocktail menu and under-21 guests get a dedicated mocktail bar. We ID-check at the bar as a matter of policy, not an upsell. For traditional Latino quinces, see our dedicated quinceañera bar service page.
A recent 40th in Culver City: 60 guests, 4 hours (6 PM to 10 PM), two bartenders. The host's spouse wanted to actually enjoy the party instead of standing behind the ice chest. Budget hit the Signature package at $1,495. The signature cocktail was a mezcal paloma (guest-of-honor's favorite) plus a classic old-fashioned on the back-up menu. Champagne pre-poured for the 8 PM toast. Alcohol run was about $900 at BevMo (standard tier, 60 guests, 4 hours), returned 11 unopened bottles the next day for roughly $180 back. Total event alcohol spend: $720. Total bar cost: $2,215. A caterer quote for the same event was $4,900 before gratuity.
Birthdays sit squarely inside the three-package structure: Intimate for 30-60 guest events, Signature for most 60-100 guest milestones, Grand for the 150+ guest big-energy formats where a single bar line would make the dance floor wait 10 minutes. All three are at the pricing page with the full detail. Range for birthdays specifically: $795-$3,500 for the bar service, plus $600-$2,000 in retail alcohol depending on tier and guest count.
Yes. On Signature and Grand packages, signature cocktail design is included: we match the drinks to your theme (roaring 20s, tropical, 90s nostalgia, Mexican fiesta, speakeasy, Barbie, James Bond, murder mystery). The host picks the vibe and the guest-of-honor's favorite spirit; we design 2-3 signature cocktails and a mocktail version.
Yes, every package includes 2-3 zero-proof mocktails on the menu at no extra charge. Common at milestone birthdays where kids, nieces, nephews or in-recovery friends are attending. Mocktail options go deeper on quinceañeras and sweet-sixteens where under-21 is the majority of guests.
Yes. Pre-poured champagne or sparkling wine flutes for a toast moment are included on Signature and Grand. We bring the flutes, pour them 10 minutes before the toast cue, and distribute them on trays. Add a champagne tower from $495 for the entrance moment at a 40/50/60 milestone.
We serve until 1 AM anywhere in Southern California with RBS compliance. Residential-area noise ordinances are the real limiter: most LA County cities enforce quiet hours from 10 PM (weeknights) or 11 PM (weekends). We stop bar service 30 minutes before scheduled wrap and have everything packed by the ordinance cutoff.
Yes. Saturday is our peak day. Sunday brunches and Friday evenings are common for birthdays. Major holidays (New Year's Eve, Fourth of July, Halloween) are available but booked 6-8 weeks ahead. Add a 15% holiday surcharge for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve.
Yes. For surprise parties, we set up discreetly 60-90 minutes before guest-of-honor arrival, keep the bar hidden (cloth cover or a different room) until the reveal moment, and start pouring the first drink the second the guest-of-honor walks in. We coordinate with the host and whoever is bringing the guest-of-honor so the timing is exact.
Tell us the date, guest count and birthday type — you have a real price the same day, not a brochure. The host hosts, we handle the drinks.
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