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Your Private Bar
4.7 ★★★★★ 60 Google reviews · Mobile bartending service — West Des Moines, Iowa
By appointment — contact to check your date
Plan your event
- Serves the West Des Moines, IA area — confirm your venue is inside their travel range when you inquire
- Website yourprivatebar.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
“We used Your Private Bar for our wedding, and I’m still getting compliments from guests about how amazing the bartenders were.”
“Office party, conference, baby shower or bridal shower, etc.”
“I used Your Private Bar to host my mother's 75th birthday party.”
“They have a variety of rental options to make your event unique, can accommodate a signature drink, and have AV hookup for all their TVs and Projector Screen.”
“The option to pre-pay for drinks and tickets was very nice as well so we would not have to deal with exchanging cards and money at the bar the night of.”
Add-ons they offer
“They have a variety of rental options to make your event unique, can accommodate a signature drink, and have AV hookup for all their TVs and Projector Screen.”
“They worked hard to set up and tear down and did an excellent job quenching our guests' thirst.”
What hosts say again and again
“We used Your Private Bar for our wedding, and I’m still getting compliments from guests about how amazing the bartenders were.”
“We had our guests raving about how good the signature cocktails were, how great they were all night to provide drinks to everyone, and how professional they were.”
“Our guests had so much much fun taking photos all night, and we enjoy looking back at all the memories being made!”
“Amber was easy to communicate with over email and graciously answered all of my questions I fired her way throughout the planning process.”
“Amber and her staff went above and beyond to make sure the night was perfect.”
From the reviews
Your Private Bar was an outstanding addition to our wedding on 9-17-22. They worked mostly with our planners, Honey and Joy Events, to create a phenomenal bar experience for our wedding and guests.
Your private bar was the perfect venue for our event! The lights put on a perfect atmosphere and the place was so cute I didn’t feel the need to even decorate! The owner was beyond hospitable and ensured we had everything we needed for our event! Truly grateful for such a perfect venue.
Your Private Bar went above and beyond to make sure our day was perfect. Amber was very helpful in figuring out our signature drinks. We were even able to change my wife's signature drink and go in and taste it the week of the wedding.
Your Private Bartender did a great job at our wedding in Cedar Rapids this month. We loved that we were able to purchase our own alcohol and have them serve it for us. Amber was easy to communicate with over email and graciously answered all of my questions I fired her way throughout the planning process.
Booking Your Private Bar for a wedding
Weddings come up for Your Private Bar, going by their listing and hosts’ reviews, 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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