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John's Bartending Services
5 ★★★★★ 26 Google reviews · Mobile bartending service — Joliet, Illinois
By appointment — contact to check your date
Plan your event
- Serves the Joliet, IL area — confirm your venue is inside their travel range when you inquire
- Phone (708) 855-6150
- Website johnthebartender.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.
How they'll run your bar
“During our wedding his staff was so patient and kind, and John came by several times in the evening to ask if I wanted a drink, which was so sweet.”
“We recently hired John for an office party at our Loop location and John went above and beyond from the outset.”
“We hired John's Bartending Services to bartend a private party we were having and John said they have a bartender, Baillie, available for the evening.”
“John is extremely easy to communicate with, and personally bartends himself so you know the service will be excellent every time.”
Add-ons they offer
“Both John and Janet, our server, did a phenomenal job.”
What hosts say again and again
“John shows up on time and constantly looked and asked for ways to help until the very end of his shift.”
“His friendly demeanor and ability to engage with our guests made a significant impact, and numerous attendees praised his contribution to the celebration.”
“John is extremely easy to communicate with, and personally bartends himself so you know the service will be excellent every time.”
“Even though they donated their services, they went so above and beyond in making sure our event was successful that I would absolutely want to work with them again in any capacity.”
From the reviews
John and Janet are AMAZING! Honestly, they're so good that I am almost afraid they're going to be so booked up it'll be hard to hire them. They were our bartenders for the night at a nonprofit event we hosted that brought in about 150 people. They are so attentive and such a pleasure to work with.
We have now used John twice for both an office party as well as a rehearsal dinner. John has gone above and beyond both times, he offers a great friendly conversation as well as being a hard-worker.
We are seriously toying with inviting John and Janet to just come to our parties and hang out with us. They were absolutely amazing. We had them help us with our son's first birthday party. They were absolutely amazing and took care of so much more than we had thought they would.
There is nothing like doing business or working with genuinely good people who truly care to make an experience the best possible. John and his wife were the ultimate duo and I cannot recommend and thank them enough!!
Booking John's Bartending Services for a wedding
Weddings come up for John's Bartending Services — 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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