Your cocktail bar has all the right features to attract a good and steady clientele: warm and welcoming atmosphere, great drinks, tasty bar food, and mellow background music. All you need now is a great bartender. Here are three things to look for to make sure you’re hiring the best.
1. Experience.
There are so many drinks today, both traditional and trendy, and you don’t want someone who is constantly consulting the mixologists’ guide.
2. A good personality and excellentlistening skills.
It goes without saying that a bartender has to clearly hear all of the drink orders, not to mention the add-ons and variations (“… shaken, not stirred…”). But there’s more to it. One of Frank Sinatra’s best torch songs, “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road),” was the prototype of the melancholy patron/sympathetic bartender relationship, and while that level of intimacy may not happen often, you want someone serving drinks who can warmly connect with the customers.
3. A fit with the bar’s ambiance.
Each bar has its own personality, and the bartender should be a good match. Quiet or noisy, friendly neighborhood tavern or downtown urban chic, for bikers or cowboys, the bar and the person serving drinks should fit together like a glove.
The bartender is the front face of your establishment; make sure you hire the right one. If you need more information about a cocktail bar in San Diego, see this website.