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Blackbirds & Tonic
5 ★★★★★ 3 Google reviews · Mobile bartending service — Santa Cruz, California
By appointment — contact to check your date
Plan your event
- Serves the Santa Cruz, CA area — confirm your venue is inside their travel range when you inquire
- Dry hire you buy the alcohol, they bring the bar, the bartenders, and the service — the legal norm for mobile bartending in most states; they can usually send a shopping list sized to your guest count
- Phone (831) 331-5077
- Website blackbirdsandtonic.com
Booking basics
Mobile bartenders book by the date, not the walk-in — popular Saturdays (especially May–October) go months out, so inquire early with your date, venue, guest count, and whether you want a full package or dry hire. Most will hold a date with a deposit and a signed agreement.
Add-ons they offer
What hosts say again and again
“Not only are they so easy to work with, they provide an element of fun that you can’t get from anyone else.”
From the reviews
Raeven and Scott are amazing!! Raeven is a pleasure to work with during the planning process. She is on top of everything, super responsive, professional, and answered all of our questions.
We hired Blackbirds & Tonic for a birthday party recently and they did a fantastic job! We had about 75 guests but Raeven and Scott had no issue keeping up, and they made sure everyone was happy with their drinks. Their Blood Orange Gimlet was really good and I found myself ordering that every time!
If you are looking for a mobile bar, stop right here, and look no further. Blackbirds & Tonic is a first class experience. The elegance, creativity, and customized cocktail specialities are like nothing else available on the market today. Their bartenders come with years of experience.
Booking Blackbirds & Tonic for a wedding
Weddings come up for Blackbirds & Tonic — confirmed on their own site, so they'll know the rhythm of the day: cocktail hour hits all at once, then the bar settles into a steady hum until the last dance. Two numbers get your quote right. First, the staffing math: the standard rule is one bartender per 50–75 guests — so a 150-guest wedding usually means two to three bartenders, and going thin here is the classic cocktail-hour line mistake. Second, drinks per guest: plan on roughly two drinks in the first hour and one per hour after; a dry-hire bartender can turn that into an exact shopping list for your headcount so nothing runs out and nothing goes back to the store.
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