Private event bar service in NYC.

Milestones, engagements, galas.

The Barsys bar has poured at a library foundation gala and at a rooftop US Open night. For a private celebration it works the same way: a curated menu, machines that pour every drink to the measure, bartenders who shake and serve, and the setup and cleanup handled by the Barsys team.

• Twenty guests and up. Standard planning starts at twenty guests; smaller gatherings are quoted individually.
• Your menu. Two, three or five mixlists depending on package, including zero-proof options.
• Your venue. The 360 needs one outlet and no plumbing, so it runs in a home, a loft, a rooftop or a ballroom.

Pricing.

Standard event pricing is per guest with a two-hour service baseline: Classic $55, Signature $85, Reserve $225. Twenty guests is the minimum for standard planning; additional service hours are $500 each on request. Tax, extra hours and unpriced requests are confirmed in your proposal.

Private celebrations outside the standard planner format are quoted individually.

Where a private bar actually goes.

The 360 needs one standard outlet and no plumbing, which is why private events are the most varied bookings we take. It has poured at a library foundation gala and on a rooftop for a US Open watch night. A home kitchen island, a loft, a terrace, a private dining room and a ballroom are all workable; the constraint is usually load-in rather than the room itself.

• Homes and apartments. Lift access and a surface near an outlet. Buildings with service-entrance rules are worth flagging early.
• Lofts and galleries. Usually the easiest format — open floor, simple load-in.
• Rooftops and terraces. Workable, with the weather contingency agreed in advance.
• Ballrooms and function rooms. Often already have a bar surface; the machines sit on it.

Guest counts and timing.

Standard planning starts at twenty guests and runs to two hundred and fifty on a two-hour baseline. Smaller gatherings are quoted individually rather than squeezed into a per-guest minimum that would not make sense.

Private events tend to run longer than corporate ones, so additional service hours — $500 each — are worth deciding at proposal stage rather than on the night, when they depend on staff availability.

For a milestone where the toast matters, Reserve adds five curated menus and a dedicated event lead who owns the run of show, which is the difference between a bar at your party and a bar you have to manage.

Building the menu for a personal occasion.

Corporate menus optimise for range. Private ones usually optimise for meaning: the drink someone actually orders, the thing that was served at the first anniversary, the spirit the guest of honour likes. Your package decides how many of the twenty-seven mixlists run — two on Classic, a signature programme on Signature, five on Reserve — and eligibility shows live in the planner.

Three of the collections are zero-proof and run on the same machines from the same canisters, so guests who are pregnant, driving or simply not drinking get a made drink rather than an afterthought. Additional mixlists, premium garnish presentation and beer and wine service can each be added.

See the full library before you choose.

What we will not quote blind.

Spirits are not in the package price: Barsys is not a licensed liquor retailer, so our liquor store partner places the order on your behalf and invoices you directly. Delivery, load-in and venue access are confirmed against the real address. Glassware inclusion and tax are confirmed in the proposal.

Sending an inquiry does not hold the date, sign an agreement or take payment. We reply with availability and a proposal written against your numbers.