Bar Etiquette: How to Order Drinks at a Club

Bar Etiquette:  How to Order Drinks at a Club

Bar Etiquette 101 for all of you first-timers to the clubs – there are rules ya know!  Follow these bar etiquette tips on how to order drinks at a club and no one will know you’re a club newbie.

We’ve also included our Tipping Etiquette video series below since that’s the one thing that will get the attention of the bartender the quickest – by not tipping!

Bar etiquette may not be something your Mom & Dad are going to teach you but if you’re going to be out clubbing, club etiquette is really something you should learn.  Sit back, relax and learn how to order drinks at a club. Oh, yeah, btw, this guy’s a bit of a dick! (but he runs the site so…)

Bar Etiquette: How to Order Drinks at a Bar | Ordering a Drink

Reese Richards from barsandbartending.com, with some ordering techniques.

So, you’re at the bar and you go up to the bar and you order from the bartender.

What you want to do is:

A/ make sure you know what you want to order

B/ Try to group all of the same drinks together.

You don’t want to trail off. You don’t want to order one….uh…uh…uh… and then order the next, and then… uh…uh…sorry…uh.  Ok? Respect the bartender’s time.

You want to mention martinis, you want to mention cocktails, mixed drinks, first.  You want to mention the beer and the wine last. Ok?

The real order of ordering the drinks isn’t as important as grouping the drinks together. So, what you don’t do is you don’t order a vodka cran, and then a bottle of Labatt’s Blue, and then a vodka cran.. and then…  You order two vodka cran and a bottle of Blue. Ok?

So group your stuff together, and if you’re ordering shots, guys… girls… if you’re ordering shots, please order all the same shot, or at most two different kinds.  Maybe six of one, six of another, ok?

Order all the same shots, because the bartender’s busy, and it takes a lot of effort to layer shot after shot after shot, ok? So, when you order shots, order all the same shots.

Cheers.

Bar Etiquette NO NOs Series from BarsandBartending.com

Enjoy these sassy bar etiquette videos which will teach you the best way to – and not to – order drinks at a club.  Click HERE to watch the entire bar etiquette NO NOs video series on one page.

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #1: The Searcher

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #2: Spare Change

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #3: the Double Order

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #4: I’ll Have a Beer

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #5: What’s Good?

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #6: Challenging the Bartender

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #7: Do you Know Who I Am?

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #8: Hold My Purse

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #9: Can you Cover Me?

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #10: Helping Yourself to Tips

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #11: Forgot My Change

Bar Etiquette NO NOs #12: Hitting on the Bartender

Bar Tipping Etiquette Videos

Tipping Etiquette Video #1 – Don’t Point Out Your Tip

Tipping Etiquette Video #2 – Don’t Brag About Your Tip

Tipping Etiquette Video #3 – Tip Well in the Beginning

Tipping Etiquette Video #4 – How to Tip on Free Drinks

More Bar Etiquette Advice and Tips on How to Order from a Bartender

Here are 30 More Bar Etiquette Tips

Here’s Great Advice on Ordering Drinks Properly

Well there you have it – with all these tips on how to order at a club, you now have no excuse (except the alcohol of course) for not tipping and acting properly at a bar or club.

the Barman

Reese Richards aka "the Barman" is a 20+ year veteran of the bar industry and founder of BarsandBartending.com. His goal is to bring the joy of bartending to as many people around the world as possible by producing high quality content in the form of articles, interviews, infographics, recipes, videos and training courses.