On The Rocks Bartending

These guys are fantastic! Professional, organized and super fun. I wouldn’t trust anyone else to bartend my parties.

I’ve worked with On The Rocks for a few years now, on events of all different sizes usually 50−150+ people. If you’re looking for a great bartending team, then look no further! Matt and his team are everything you’re looking for when hiring a bartending service — punctual, easy to work, make great drinks and of course, wonderful with the guests! I would definitely recommend OTR to anyone who needs help for any event big or small!

I’ve hired David and team for house/​pool parties over the last couple of years. He will be doing another party for me next week. He is fun, professional and helpful when planning a party. I highly recommend him!

On the Rocks provided a bartender and server for a wedding I catered & both delivered exceptional 5-​star service. Professional & composed yet friendly & accessible — — guests and I alike were thrilled with their work. I look forward to using them again!

I hired David to bar-​tend for my husband’s 30^th birthday in our home. Being a bit nervous, and having never stocked a full bar for a party before, David and I must have exchanged 3 dozen emails. He was always quick and thorough in his replies, and helped me figure out the best shopping list, signature cocktail suggestions and proper glassware counts for about 25 guests. He arrived on time and quickly got started making drinks. His cocktails were tasty, and he was able to make drinks to suit peoples individual tastes, which I really appreciated. He was very friendly and professional, and I had a number of guests ask how I found ‘the hottest bartender ever’, so that’s always fun. Overall our party was a resounding success, and I attribute most of that to David’s great mixing — I would wholeheartedly recommend him.

I have hired these bartenders many times over the past few years and I can’t recommend them highly enough! Their work is fantastic and they are really fun in a way that makes the party more fun overall. Really great guys.

I hired David to bartend at my New Years Eve party and he ROCKED!!! It’s not just that he’s handsome and friendly and a good maker of drinks. He works hard to keep the drinks flowing, the bar organized and stocked. He stayed way longer than he had to to make sure everything was in order.
I can and will definitely recommend him to anyone looking for a fantastic bartender in the city!

We hired Matt and his team for our 200 person wedding and couldn’t have been happier with their company! Neither my husband nor I drink (at all) so we needed bartenders that would take the lead. In comes On the Rocks to save the day.
Originally, I was very unsure about who to hire for our wedding because I didn’t have any personal referrals and had interviewed so many companies and everyone promised such great things. But On The Rocks were the most direct and honest so we went with them.
Pros:
— The amount of liquor suggested was perfect.
— Matt is super responsive to all my emails
— Guests had ALL good things to say including: They gave more liquor to guests who could handle it & mixed down drinks for guests who were starting to lose it (I had emphasized I wanted everyone to at least make it through dinner)
— They’re good looking (super shallow haha but if you’re shallow like me then rest assured)
— dressed professionally for our wedding, which was important to us because we wanted our wedding to look classy ;)
— Got along with everyone!
— Able to work in any situation, I realized afterwards that I forgot to buy a few ingredients but no one was the wiser
— Came early to set up, stayed after to clean up
— They even made a mock-​tail bar for us fizzy juice drinkers & kids
— Price cannot be beat!
Cons:
— I don’t know of any

These guys are solid. I’ve hired them twice and attended two other parties where they worked. Great bartenders, super friendly and professional, and very willing to pitch in to do whatever to make your party successful. Matt and Dave are both awesome.

So holiday party time again — we did not hesitate, emailed Matt back in October to make sure we had him booked.
As before, he arrived early, and went about setting everything up and prepping the bar area. We were able to leave him to it while we got ready for our party.
Matt, once again, thank you for such a fine job keeping our friends well lubricated :) Especially as you had to spend a portion of it in the dark (the power went out due to the weather — just as well drinks do not require electricity!!).
Returning friends were so happy to see Matt again. Many people told us how wonderful he is and what a great barman he is (which we knew of course!). He has the ability to just fit in with the people around him and make everyone feel at ease.
We had a case of small water bottles at the bar for people to drink, later in the evening I noticed Matt went around the room placing some on all the tables so that people could just grab them — very thoughtful! (As host, I guess I should have thought of doing that? Thanks Matt!).

He did such a great job cleaning up that I could not find a single plastic glass or paper plate to clean up after everyone had gone!
I think a way to sum up would be to say that Matt is more like a co-​host of the party than just a bartender. He goes above and beyond merely serving drinks — and always with a smile on his face.

these guys were so easy to work with for our wedding. we found out about them through a friend who was childhood friends with these guys. matt, our main person of contact, was awesome to work with. honestly, he would reply to our emails within hours if not minutes and gave us a comprehensive list of what we needed to buy and how much for the number of guests we had. this is all essential when you are juggling multiple vendors for your wedding by yourself. they even thought of drink tags/​favors, to my mistake i forgot to bring the day of… along with limes i forgot to bring for our cosmos. but that did not discourage them as they were able to substitute it with sprite without a hitch. our guests absolutely loved them, even commented on their good looks (a bonus for some), and even commented they were very good at making sure no one’s glasses were empty. that makes a happy wedding couple and party. i would recommend them to anyone without hesitation.

My apologies for not writing this sooner. I threw a party for my husband, in celebration of his 50^th B-​day and what better than to have dedicated bar tenders at the party.
I had no idea where to start, so I contacted a friend of mine who does catering and he said, put an ad on Craigslist… yeah, Craigslist…
I made sure to mention that it would be a very diverse crowd, gay/​lesbian/​straight and a rainbow of ethnic backgrounds. Oh, and that the party would be in Oakland.
Out of approximately 10 submissions, Davids email from «On The Rocks Bartending» was the best of the lot and he even sent a link to his Unilocal site. After reading through all the glowing reviews, I offered the gig to them. And, man… am I happy I did. Our emails and phone conversations before the party were extremely professional and very helpful. A week before the party I send him a firm count, he sent back a suggested shopping list and it was that easy.
On their way over, he even called to ask if there was anything he could pick up on the way over… HOW COOL IS THAT? VERY COOL! They arrived early and jumped right in getting things in order.
Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE loved these guys. He made excellent suggestions for drinks to serve and came up with a special for the b-​day boy using St. Germain Liqueur, and kept Bellini’s flowing all night.
I would absolutely hire them again.

These guys are amazing! I have used them for NYE parties, art gallery exhibit openings, and birthday parties. They rock. Very professional, help keep the party going, organized, & thoughtful. They are tending to many of my closest friends’ parties now and it’s good to see them every time.

I’m surprised that there hasn’t been a more recent review for these guys, my only guess is that people want to keep them a secret!
From the start of our communication, Matt was easy to work with, taking the time to understand the needs of our event. Although there was no theme for this party, I appreciated that he asked if he should wear certain colors, haha.
After we talked about the size and type of crowd, Matt helped us with coming up with a shopping list based on the drinks we wanted to serve. Once he arrived, he took care of everything from setup to serving to cleaning. He was friendly and easy to work with, I never had to worry about the bar during the evening. I would certainly think of these guys again next time we need a bartender!

These guys handled the bar tending for our engagement party and our wedding and did a superb job! They were extremely professional, courteous, on time, worked very hard, and helped to make both events come off with seamless precision. Thanks guys, you get my full recommendation!

I’ve hired On The Rocks as well as attended other parties that have used them. Always professional and take charge kind of guys. It’s great knowing that you don’t have to worry about anything related to the bar with Matt around and if something’s running out, they’re on top of it before it even becomes an issue. Any time I am in need of staff for bartending, these guys are my first call. Great group to work with.