Bar Service These fees are for service up to five (5) hour event. Any part of an hour after five (5) hours an additional fee of one hundred and fifty dollar ($150.00) per hour to be applied. Last call will be made 15 minutes prior to the end of your event. One bartender per100 guest is required for bar service. The fee is $150.00 per bartender.• Full Open Bar ServiceThese fees are for service for up to five (5) hour event. Any part of an hour after 5 hours will be charged an additional fee of $3.50 per person. Last call is fifteen (15) minutes prior to end of the function. Staff will not serve anyone who they believe is intoxicated according to TABC Standards.Add $3.00 per person for Top Shelf Liquor.Top Shelf Liquor to include:Crown Royal, Jack Daniels, Absolute, Beefeater Gin, Cuervo, Bacardi, and Dewar’s Scotch)(Mid Range Liquor to include (Jim Beam, Smirnoff Gin and Vodka, Conquistador Tequila, Grant’s Scotch and Bacardi), Bottled Wine (Merlot & Chardonnay) and Imported & Domestic Bottled Beer#1 –Option* Mid Range Liquor – Bottled Wine – Canned Domestic BeerFrozen or Margaritas on the Rocks Price: $ 18.95 per person for up to 5 hours#2 –Option* Bottled Wine – Canned Domestic Beer – Frozen or Margarita on the RocksPrice: $ 16.50 per person for up to 5 hours#3 –Option Bottled Wine (Chardonnay and Merlot) Price: $ 11.45 per person for up to 5 hoursFor upgraded bottled wine ask for pricesIf less than 5 hours $3.00 can be deducted from the above prices*A two hour minimum is required for option 1 & 2.SO... if I have 100 guests total, how much would I spend. I think only 67% of those guests plan to drink

You need to ask the caterer how they figure it. Whether it is per person for the entire night or per person for each hour. Every caterer is different and you need to ask them directly.

Depends which option you choose. You would pay the per-person fee for the package you choose plus $150 for the bartender. You generally have to pay for ALL over 21s of your total headcount - unless your caterer/facility allows you to count only people you *think* will drink, in which case I don't know how they would mark those allowed and those not allowed. Good luck!

It depends on what you want to serve them. It will be based on the total number of people, not only on those who are drinking.

A full open bar is where you have a bartender providing service for your guests for a certain amount of time, or for the entire event, and your guests can order whatever they like (or, what you agree to have on hand). The tab is presented to you at the end of the event, since there is no way to know how much your guests will drink. The bar prices they're quoting are for SERVICE. Then, under the "Option" sections, those are the prices for the actual alcoholic beverages served. So, you'll pay the service charge, plus for the cost of alcohol.

If I understand it, you will be paying a set price per hour for your final head count (only the establishment can give you the final rate on that-call them!) plus and extra 3 dollars per head for Tp Shelf ...if you run over the alloted 5 hours, then it sounds like it's an additional 150.00 per hour and that would be on top of the normal hourly rate......open bars can be expensive because the establishment does NOT go by how many people you think will drink, but how many guests you have. You might consider having an open bar for only a certain amount of time, then after that, guests pay for their own.....while it is proper to pay for their drinks, you don't have to pay for them to drink themselves into oblivion on your ticket......buy what you can afford...when it runs out, it runs out...booze is not on same playing field as food and soft drinks...or consider a dry wedding....nothing wrong with that.

Full Open bar means: NO GUESTS PAY FOR BOOZE!Most caterers make you pay for all guests of drinking age. Say grandma doesn't drink cause of meds, you still have to pay the $18.95 for her if you pick option 1, $16.95 for option 2. etc.So let's say you go with option 1. you'll pay $1895. Ask if they have a Tab option. You only pay for what people drink (you obviously pay after the date). That's what we are doing and even if EVERY person has 1 drink an hour it'll STILL be less.EDIT: I think some other answerers are a little confused. The $150 per hour is ONLY if you want the bar open more than 5 hours. AFTER 5 hours that charge applies.

you just pick option 1, 2 or 3 and tell the caterer your head count. don't try to estimate who is drinking and who is not. the caterer knows how many bartenders you need for the # of guests, and how much liquor they'll need. let them formulate a quote and send it to you, don't try to do the numbers yourself unless you think it's high or they're ripping you off.

It just depends on the option you choose. $1895 for #1, $1650 for number two and $1145 for number three. Add tax and gratuity onto that and there is your total for alcohol.

At the open bar, guests can go to the bar and ask for the drinks that they would like to have. With open bar, they charge by the number of guests in attendance, regardless of what percentage you think will drink the alcohol.So for option number 1, 100 guests would cost $1895. If you want top-shelf liquors, add $300. Guests can have liquor of thier choice, wine or beer.Option 2 would be $1650. Guests can have beer, wine or margaritas, no other alcohol choices. Option 3 would be $1145, more for better wines. Guests can only request wine.If you had the reception for less than 5 hours, each option would be $300 less. If somehow the bartender had to stay longer, you'll be charge $150 extra. Be aware that you'll need to tip the bartender. They will often put a tip jar on the bar as well.Also, in many reception venues, the 'open bar' will close during dinner service to encourage people to sit down and stay out of the waitresses way while they are carrying food trays around (ask ahead of time if this will happen at your venue).