Bartenza

Do NOT use! I originally contacted Callie on The Knot after which we agreed upon a time and I sent in the deposit and contract. As we got closer to the wedding, I sent the remaining balance and had to reach out to Callie twice to make sure that she had received which was slightly concerning but I brushed it off. Less than 48 hours before the wedding, at about 6:30 at night, Callie reached out to my coordinator saying that she was going to have to cancel unless we paid her an extra $135 to come for cocktail hour as well. At the time of signing the contract, we had decided on a dry cocktail hour with tea and lemonade to be provided by the caterer. 2 nights before the wedding, Callie proceeded claim that she did not want a bad review for the bartenders showing up after cocktail hour. As my coordinator provided her with options to resolve her concern, Callie’s story began to change with additional excuses as to why she needed the extra money or to cancel. At that point, I had had enough and said that we could cancel because I was not paying extra for something I did not want and was told that there would be no refund for a cancellation. She then went completely silent. It wasn’t until the next afternoon that she responded following us informing her that we would have to call our lawyer for breach of contract if this issue wasn’t resolved. She then claimed that at 10p the night before, she had a family member unexpectedly pass away and that’s why she wanted to cancel and could not respond. She did not have a response to why she was trying to cancel before the family member supposedly passed away but reluctantly agreed to send one of her bartenders. Fast forward to the wedding day and we are all still not completely sure if we were going to have a bartender. We did have someone show up to bartend and she was great but unfortunately with this whole experience, I cannot caution someone enough. By using Bartenza, you are at risk of an unprofessional business causing significantly increased stress. Avoid at all costs.

Excellent to work with, great communication and Cassie was a blast to have!

Such a pleasure to work with! Callie was extremely responsive and helpful with planning all of the alcohol needs for our wedding. Could not recommend enough :)

If I could give a 4.5, I would. The staff was very friendly and they kept the bar line moving fast. They recommended using an alcohol delivery services to buy all the booze from, and it was the best thing we did! It made transporting the alcohol to the venue much easier since we would have had to do that all ourselves. The only kind of negative thing I have to say is I requested the supplies for whiskey sours and old fashions, which are my family's favorite drinks. The whisky sours were okay, nothing special, though, and they didn't have bitters for old fashions. But the bartender was very accommodating and made a "fake" old fashion that my family said was still tasty. The response time of answering emails was fantastic!