Bar Jobs in London

Bar staff work in licensed premises such as pubs, clubs, bars and hotels. The main role of bar staff is to serve customers and provide them with drinks and handle cash and bank cards. They quite often serve food after taking an order, they usually help clean and stock the bar, help with promotions and help organise one off events. Working on the bar is very customer involved and carrying yourself in a professional manner is an integral part of being bar staff. You must make sure you are promoting a welcoming, friendly and safe environment.

Working in a bar is regarded as one of the best part time jobs to get because it can be very sociable especially if you get a bar job in London. Many people spend a lot of their time and money going to bar's so this is a good excuse to get paid for working in a sociable environment. Working in a bar consists of many different roles including making cocktails, pulling a pint, glass washing, cleaning, cash handling. It will require you to have good people skills as this will reflect massively on the bar creating an image that is friendly and welcoming to the public. Another role which you may be asked to do is change the beer barrel which may take a while to get used to doing. Many high end bars in London serve an extensive list of cocktails, and you may be required to learn the recipes to make them, presentation and flavour is vital. Preparing fruit like lime to be included in these different cocktails may ask of you as well.

London bar staff prepares and serve drink orders that waiters and waitresses take from customers. They should be able to prepare standard mixed drinks as well as specialised mixed drinks to suit a customer's preference. Bartenders collect payment, operate the cash register, clean up after customers leave, and often will serve food to customers that are seated at the bar. They also check the identification of customers who look young to meet the government’s minimum age restrictions for buying alcohol and tobacco. Bartenders are usually responsible for re-stocking their collection of liquor, mixes, and other alcoholic and snack bar supplies.