Professional Bartending Academy

Very helpful!!! I went to this school in 2011 while serving in the military. I moved to Los Angeles and Mike was a phone call away to help me find the affiliated bartending school. I now live and Vegas… Guess who I called? Yep, Mike. Thanks to everyone and totally recommend this place.

I went here about a half a year ago to take a bartending class. Many bartenders who went up the old fashioned way of starting as a server usually discourage bartending classes. However the class the academy teaches is actually quite useful. Many people who’ve successfully completed this course have found jobs as bartenders in various places around the Richmond area.
It’s about a two-​week course about 4 hours a day, and if you can manage to fit it in into your schedule and study, it’s worthwhile and you’ll get the most of out the money you paid for. Many other classes will pass you regardless since you paid for a class, but here you can actually fail. The school makes very sure that you are well-​educated by the end of the course by taking a final test, ensuring that you have the proper skills to land yourself a bartending job. Not only do they test your knowledge, but they also test your speed so that you don’t significantly slow down an establishment when it gets busy.
The drinks you’ll look over include the most popular and sometimes not a well known but still ordered drinks that certain establishments expect to be asked for. The academy also has a full service bar that best simulates a typical bar one would work into.
The biggest plus from the academy is that they network with many restaurants, clubs, and bars throughout the Richmond area. When you graduate, they keep you updated on places that are hiring. They also want to keep in contact with you to see if you’ve found a place to work or not, and if you haven’t they’ll figure out ways to better improve your chances.
While online bartending courses are cheaper, the Professional Bartending Academy definitely delivers on the service aspect and follows through with their students. It’s because of this and the networking with establishments that makes the academy a legitimate place to learn how to tend bar.