Is bartending school worth the cost?

I have been searching around online looking at bar tending classes in the kansas/missouri area and I have seen a few that are about two weeks long. I was also seeing opinions to not take the classes. I was wondering would it be better to just pay for the class and take it to learn a bit about mixing, or just wing it and hope that the bar I apply to also can teach me drinks?Is bartending school worth the cost?
I personally did not go to bartending school and honestly I learned everything I needed with experience. I started bartending at 19 in a dive bar and made an average of 200 a nite and with time I started creating drinks and shots on my own and eventually progressed to the point where I could bartend downtown, they only wanted ppl with experience and they taught me how to make all the drinks since they had special recipes. Now I know many ppl who have gone to bartending school and they could not find a job because of a lack of experience. The most important thing in bartending is working the crowd and knowing how to act as a bartender. Start at a corner bar and work your way up, I made more money at the dive because of regular customers and it was way more relaxed and fun. You can make up to 500 a nite at busy nightclubs but its not always the same and ppl can be very rude and ppl are more sleazy. Good luck!!Is bartending school worth the cost?
I went to bartending school. It was not worth the money. I could not find a job in a bar, because they wanted experienced bartenders
if you can afford it and it wouldn't cause a lot of financial problems i would take them. you would become a very good bartender and most likely get the job. :)Is bartending school worth the cost?
Yes. the tips are amazing, and i know this is wrong but bartender they can really tip themselves by not given people the correct amount of change because people are to drunk or having a good time to chck for things like that
It really depends. You will need to know some basics before you apply for the job. You will need to know different liquors, different drinks, etc. Those things come with experience. if you have zero experience behind the bar you are better off going to take some classes. find out if they offer job placement help after you finnish. some schools work with bars that will give their students job preference.Is bartending school worth the cost?
my mom is a manager for a restaurant and she hires the bartenders and teaches them how to bar tend and mix drinks. I think that goes for a lot of restaurants.
if bartending is what you really want to do. then go for it. that way you well learn to mix just about any drink out there. which will help you in the long run. the tips you get will pay for the school. in time. can you mix me up a crown and coke. stired not shaken. good luck man.
I would get a book on mixing drinks and study it and go get a job at a place to get some experience.You could get a job easily at a dive bar.I would not try to get a job a a high volume place right off the bat.I bartended for a little while but only the chicks I worked with got tipped.Nobody tips dudes.But it could be because it was in ****** up Massillon,Ohio.
If you don't have any experience bartending, you probably won't get hired anywhere without going to school. Some schools actually promise to help you find a job once you complete the course. If you can find one of those schools, it is worth going. I went to bartending school and I found that since I got hired at a place that doesn't require making a lot of mixed drinks, I quickly forgot anything complex. But you do learn the basics about different types of liquor, beer and wine which is certainly helpful knowledge. I'd say the classes are worth it if they will help you find work afterward.
Maybe you could start off in a golf club, where most of the drinks are very basic. Some places will show you how they make their drinks. Sangria is made many different ways. Golf clubs serve a lot of beer and a few rhum and coke, bloody caesar, vodka orange juice. They usually have a book for anything more complicated, because you're not expected to know everything. Good luck. You can make a lot of money and get a lot of experience.
This is a good paying job that you can learn on your own and definitely without paying a school. I would apply for a job at Chili's, Applebees, Outback, Lone Star, Carino's......any chain restaurant with a bar. You tell the manager or person doing the interview that you want to be a bartender. They will probably talk you into going on the floor as a server because the bar positions are normally full, but you have to just keep trying until you get what you want. Most really busy bars will start you out as a bar back. A bar back restocks the bar, makes mixes and replenishes things at the pleasure of the bartender. Bar backs do not normally serve the public unless so directed by the bartender. Bar backs will get a minimal wage plus a small cut from the bartenders tips. Chain restaurants will give you the pouring experience you need and you will be getting paid instead of paying a bar tending school that will train you and drop you off at the curb. Bar tending schools are for people that will absolutely fall for anything. This is a career that you learn from doing.