Shake Bartenders

James was nothing short of pleasant! Recently had him as bartender for a holiday get together. Great service, professional, and super social with everyone.
Definitely recommend!

We are just a few days post my husband’s/my 50^th birthday bash and we cannot believe it took us this long to realize the right professional bartender is a «duh» if you want to assure a good time.
We’ll never get those other parties back but James, our bartender for the night, made up for every party before James.
We have actually begun referring to our life in terms of «BJ” – the time Before James and «AJ” – the time After James. AJ people think we are super cool and throw the best parties ever. BJ they just thought we were nice guys who could cook. AJ our Facebook pages blew up! BJ… not so much. BJ we worried whether people would have fun at our parties. AJ we don’t worry about that sort of thing.
We asked Shake Bartenders for a very specific personality charged with getting well behaved Seattlites to let their hair down and they sent the most perfect person that ever lived to do the job. You would have thought he was genetically engineered and hatched just for our friends.
What a blast! What a party! What a bartender! What a guy!
James (and of course Tara behind the scenes), we cannot thank you enough.
Darrin and Ian

Great experience with Shake. The business side was simple and easy to take care of and very reasonably priced. Chris was our bartender for our small wedding and he made sure everyone’s glasses stayed full with a smile on his face. Thanks so much!

Tara and Tim were great. Tim not only kept the amazing cocktails flowing but made sure cocktails found their way to every guest. And Tara was absolutely a machine keeping the food coming out and keeping all our guest fed. I could never have done it without their help and would highly recommend them!

We hired (from a recommendation) Shake Bartenders to tend the bar for our recent birthday/​holiday event in Seattle at Glass Distillery. Michael from Shake did a great job with our guest with great interpersonal dialogue as well as master of all beverages that our guest requested.

Tara Fuller of Shake Bartenders ran our bartending and food service at Facebook Seattle for more than 200 people. I recommend her to other non-​profit orgs that need a dependable, competitively priced vendor to run major charity or fundraising events. Tara has a process down which added high-​value to our event.
DETAILS
Shake Bartenders Seattle is pretty much what I expected from reading other reviews but exceed my expectations by taking lead where it was needed, yet working within our constraints, budget, and needs.
What impressed me the most was how cool under pressure the whole team was, given limited information, planning, and advance notice. Staff was professionally dressed, worked as a team throughout, and offered friendly service to our invited guests. I even got a chance to debrief with Tara after the event, which was really a nice touch to the whole experience.
CHALLENGES
Shake Seattle is great at running the show, and looking back at what could be improved, it is clear that using multiple vendors presented communication challenges.
Since I never knew Shake Bartending work before, we were reluctant to put all our «eggs in one basket». Moreover, when we originally planned this event in Mar 2014, Shake Bartending wasn’t able to run non-​profit rates and wholesale. That option exists now for non-​profits which resolves these challenges.
My advice is to let Shake Bartending choose who they work with, and they will extend their magic to other parts of your event.
OVERALL
We intend on using Shake Bartending Seattle in all our future charity and fundraising events. They are exceptionally coordinated and professional; have a process down; and are competitively priced against other local options. Thanks, Tara & Shake Bartending Team!

We used James from Shake Bartenders for our Halloween party this year, and he was amazing! He arrived on time, and was very professional. All of our guests loved him, and we will request him again! This was our second time using Shake, and it definitely won’t be our last! Thank you for making our parties a success!

James with Shake Bartenders in Seattle was spot-​on for the entire night. We contracted with Shake for our annual holiday party for an evening of bar service for our guests — having moved from another city with great bartending service we had high expectations and James met all of them! James arrived right on time and brought his setup and within a few minutes was all set and ready to go – even after having to learn a speciality cocktail on the spot when he arrived.
The preparation with Shake Bartenders went smoothly and the experience with organizing with them was seamless from beginning to end. That said, James was certainly the star and my guests were never left thirsty! How he knew exactly what drinks everyone was having is beyond me but my guests were constantly surprised when cocktails appeared in their hands without asking. Our experience was awesome and we can highly recommend James!

We contracted with Shake Bartenders based solely on Unilocal reviews for our recent reception. The quoting and contracting process was very smooth, and Kelly, our bartender, arrived at the agreed upon time and place. She was very hard-​working throughout our event, even helping to organize or clean up catering supplies when guests weren’t ordering drinks. She followed our recipes and made cocktails that were new to her. Her presence allowed us to enjoy our party rather than focusing on pouring drinks for guests, and the value for the price was exceptional, in my opinion. We will use Shake Bartenders again in the future.

We hired Shake for the first night for an event at our home last night. Tara was great to work with! She was on time, served up a great drinks (we had a full bar), stayed later than we originally planned and did an especially great job of helping to pick up during and after. I would highly recommend!

Hired a third time, Tim was excellent. Can’t say enough, they’re great. They let you enjoy your event!

We used Shake Bartenders at a recent work event. The event went smoothly and the Bartender, Dave, was prompt in his setup. It was great to have him there so we could focus on our guests and enjoy the evening. We will definitely use their services again. Craig the owner was also a delight to work with and was always quick to answer any of our questions. :) Thanks Gentleman!

We had a mid-​century-​themed party for about 20 people. Craig was our bartender that night and he did a fantastic job. He helped me come up with an era-​appropriate cocktail menu and provided a shopping list of everything we would need. Everyone raved about how delicious the drinks were and Craig was very friendly to everyone. I will definitely call on Shake Bartenders the next time we throw a cocktail party!

Ryka Consulting hired Shake to bar tend at our annual NWWA Celebration and they did an excellent job. Craig and Tara arrived on time, dressed in business appropriate clothing and were handing out drinks within minutes. They respected our decision to use local alcohol and brought 2Bar Vodka, a perfect addition to the Vodka Mules infused with ginger beer, Scrappy’s (of Fremont) bitters and fresh lime juice. Tara even cleaned our stemware for us when we were running out of glasses. Great local company to support! I highly recommend them for any large gig (our event had 60+ people in attendance).

Have used Shake Bartenders three times. I highly recommend them. I have used them twice in Seattle and once in Palm Springs. Craig was extremely easy to work with. The staff was professional, on time and very good at their job. The drinks were well made and I received many compliments on the cocktails. They stayed and cleaned up everything. Can’t wait for my lake party this summer, I will be calling

We hired Shake for our annual holiday party and were really happy that we did. Craig was great about communicating with us and getting an idea of our expectations before the party. He and his crew also did a killer job at the party. They handled a pretty big rush of people quickly while still pouring tasty drinks with our somewhat random selection of mixers. And, at the end of the night, they worked hard (and stayed later than agreed) to get the place cleaned up.
They aren’t the cheapest company to use, but it’s completely worth it to get professionals with personality who will work hard and poor good drinks.

We were in good hands with Shake Bartenders! Erik and Jake were the bartenders for my company holiday party. They arrived on time and ready to roll. They immediately organized the bar area and assured me they would take care of everyone. These two personable young men took charge and left me worry free and able to enjoy the party.
When the party was over they packed all the leftover wine, soft-​drinks, mixers, etc. and helped load everything into my vehicle. Thanks guys!
I would highly recommend Shake Bartenders!

Shake bartenders have an awesome business model and I was thoroughly impressed with their bartenders for a recent event at my complex. They make great drinks and were really attentive to what I (along with others) were drinking… That is pretty impressive considering they obviously are not dealing with regulars bc it is sort of a mobile bartending service.
The bartenders were very good looking and had great personalities… Super bonus!
I am looking forward to using them for any upcoming bash I have. Probably my thirtieth (ugh, one more year in my 20’s!!).

Not great. Clearly didn’t review our wedding reception signature cocktail recipe (which had a total of 3 ingredients), which was sent earlier in the week, or just didn’t share the info with the bartenders, even though I put a lot of time and thought into it and provided hard copies when they arrived. One guest let me know that halfway through the reception, she ordered a signature cocktail by name and the bartender didn’t know what she was asking for, and didn’t know how to make it. They made us look terrible.
Not helpful with our shopping lists, even though it was a promised service (by their math, we would’ve had to buy 20 2-​liter bottles of Coke for 130 guests — we bought 9 and have 5 left.) 130 guests ordered drinks over 5 hours, and they went through about 3 lemons and zero limes as far as I can tell. I have no idea why they didn’t use the garnishes we provided.
Not ready to go on time, not friendly, no positive feedback from guests. («They were ok» was the best we heard; «It seemed like one of them had never made a drink before» was the worst we heard. Pretty bad.)
The owner is really nice over the phone (up until you write a negative review), but uses ALL CAPS in emails, and he doesn’t read through the ones he receives. It’s obvious that he doesn’t write things down following phone conversations, either. He was annoyed that we didn’t provide details about our ceremony, so I had to remind him that our ceremony was 3 days before the party.
And it’s more irritating that the owner called me to let me know he was «irritated» about my negative review.
On the upside, they were there, they served drinks, people drank ‘em, they cleaned up after themselves.
Ask for recommendations from bartenders at your favorite bar instead.

Professional, prompt, nice and creative! I hired Shake Bartenders for a housewarming party over Halloween weekend and was really impressed. From start to finish, they were quick to respond and organized in payment and plans.
Tara was our bartender for the night and she was awesome! She arrived right on time (which I thought would be difficult as our home is a bit off the beaten path) and she was quick to set-​up and get started. Everyone loved the drinks and when it was time for her to leave she set up an open bar for all to enjoy.
Definitely will hire again for another bar-​needed event!