Restaurants & bars
Cover for peak weeks, holidays and sick leave in Friedrichshain, Kreuzberg and Mitte — day by day, or as a framework agreement.
Staffing
Bar and catering staff in Berlin, booked by the hour
You bring the bar and the drinks; we bring the people who run it. Professional bar kit can be added.
Bartenders, bar staff, waiters, catering assistants and kitchen help — for events, venues and private parties. From 26 €/h net, minimum 5 hours per person and day.
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New client rate from 26 Eur/h!
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Short answer
Hiring bar and catering staff in Berlin — the short answer
Bar and catering staff in Berlin costs from 26 €/h net as a new client, regularly 28 €/h net, with a minimum booking of 5 hours per person and day. A bartender mixing cocktails carries a surcharge on top of that rate; someone pouring beer, wine and soft drinks does not. Night work after 10 pm and public holidays add 4 €/h each, Sundays 2 €/h. Glassware, ice, refrigeration and the drinks stay with you — a full professional bar kit can be added for 75 € net per working day and person.
Get a price in 60 seconds → (opens in a new tab)What our bar and catering staff do
Bar & pouring
Beer, wine, soft drinks and simple long drinks at speed — with an eye on the queue, the glassware and what is running low. This is the role most events actually need.
Cocktails & bartending
Cocktails from your menu, free pouring, garnish and mise en place. Carries a surcharge on the base rate, so it is worth booking only where drinks are genuinely mixed. A full bar kit can come with the person.
Service, catering & kitchen
Plated and buffet service, clearing, buffet replenishment, dishwashing and transport. The unglamorous half of every event — and the roles most often filled at short notice.
Where we work
Where our bar and catering staff work
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Hotels & conference venues
Reception drinks, banquet service and breakfast cover. Long shifts, fixed standards, the same people across a run of days where the schedule allows.
Private parties & weddings
A bar in a garden, a loft or a hired hall. Bring the drinks and the glasses; the bar kit can come with the bartender for 75 € net per day and person.
Corporate events & summer parties
Two hundred guests, one bar and a queue that must not build. Usually a question of how many pouring points you have, not how many people you book.
Caterers needing field staff
You cook, we staff. Service and kitchen help on your standards and your timings, on one invoice, with no payroll on your side.
Trade fair stands & networking evenings
Bar service on a stand or at an evening reception during fair weeks — often alongside stand hosts from the same team.
Trade fair staff in BerlinRecognise your occasion? Put the team together and see the price — no sign-up needed.
Put your team together (opens in a new tab)Rates & terms
What bar and catering staff costs in Berlin
All prices per person and hour, minimum booking 5 hours. What moves the price is not the work on site — it is how much say you want in who is assigned.
Incl. 19 % VAT
New client rate 26 €/h 30.94 €/h instead of 28 €/h 33.32 €/h on the base rate
The new client rate applies to the first 50 person-hours of your first working day, provided the quote comes from the price calculator and you confirm within three days.
Base rate
28 € 33.32 € / hour net / hour incl. VAT
Vetted staff for all standard roles. We select and schedule the team.
What you get
- Staff we have vetted and briefed ourselves
- Suitable for every standard role
- Selection and scheduling handled by us
- No say in who is assigned
Base rate + curation
34 € 40.46 € / hour net / hour incl. VAT
You decide who comes — or give us a profile to select against.
Base rate, plus
- You pick your own team
- Selection by profile: language, gender, experience
- Profiles visible before you book
- +6 €/h curation surcharge on the base rate
Curation + bartender or barista
40 € 47.60 € / hour net / hour incl. VAT
For when the person behind the bar or the espresso machine has actually trained for it.
Curation, plus
- Cocktail bartender with their own menu
- Barista on the espresso machine
- Chosen by you, as with curation
- +6 €/h per booked specialist
The rate applies per person: every specialist you book costs +6 €/h — also without curation, which makes 34 €/h. A team lead is not a tier; it appears as its own surcharge below.
Included in every hourly rate — at every tier
- Bookable from five hours per person — no day rates, no packages. Billing is for at least the time booked, in half-hour increments
- Cover is included in the hourly rate — if someone drops out at short notice, a replacement steps in with no surcharge
- Licensed for temporary agency work (AÜG): you may direct our staff on site yourself, legally sound as agency work. A service contract is equally possible
- Overtime at the same hourly rate, with no mark-up
- You see who is coming before the shift: photo, name and a short profile of every person assigned, in our client portal
- Staffing status stays visible throughout — from the moment the order arrives to the last position filled
- Digital timesheet: hours confirmed on site by phone, the PDF follows automatically, one collected invoice at month end
- Bookable from 5 hours per person and day — no day rates, no packages. Billing is for at least the time booked, in half-hour increments.
- Cover is included in the hourly rate: if someone drops out at short notice, a replacement steps in at no extra charge.
- Licensed for temporary agency work (AÜG), so you may direct our staff on site yourself. A service contract is equally possible.
- You see who is coming before the event: photo, name and a short profile of every person assigned, in the client portal.
- No travel fee inside the Berlin S-Bahn ring. Outside Berlin, travel time is billed as working time.
- Overtime at the same hourly rate — surcharges for night, Sunday and public holidays still apply to the hours they fall in.
- Quotes and invoices can be issued in English. For clients based outside Germany we ask for payment in advance.
Larger clients are quoted individually. For high volume, recurring shifts or framework agreements we quote individually — get in touch.
Not sure which tier fits? +49 179 6870788 contact form
How it works
Booking bar staff — how it works
From enquiry to shift in four steps — no contract lock-in, bookable from 5 hours.
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Tell us six things
Location, date, working hours, number of people, the task and the dress code. With those six we can start staffing; contact person, access and billing details can follow.
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Get a price straight away
The calculator does the arithmetic with your actual times and gives you a quote as a PDF — every surcharge on its own line, no sign-up, no phone call.
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A personal reply
A human reads your enquiry and comes back with questions or a confirmation. Average reply time is under 24 minutes.
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Binding confirmation
Once the details are settled you get a binding confirmation and the shift goes into our scheduling. Usually within two hours of the enquiry.
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You see the team
Photo, name and short profile of each person assigned appear in the client portal. Briefing documents go to the team, not just to you.
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On the day
The team arrives briefed and on time. Your contact stays reachable throughout — one number, one person, not a rota of call handlers.
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Hours and invoice
Hours are recorded on a digital timesheet you countersign. The invoice follows from that record, with every surcharge itemised.
Step one takes under a minute: enter the details, get a quote as a PDF.
Start with step 1 (opens in a new tab)Bar and catering staff in Berlin: the numbers
- people we can activate
- 200+
- The pool we can call on for a shift in Berlin and Brandenburg.
- average reply time
- < 24 min
- How long a personal reply to an enquiry takes, measured over the past year.
- bar kit per day and person
- 75 €
- A full professional kit the bartender brings along. Not shared between people.
- booked within a week
- 32 %
- Of the bookings where we recorded the booking date, 32 % were made seven days or less before the event.
- Google rating
- 5.0 ★
- Across all reviews on our Google Business profile.
Bar staff or bartender — which one do you actually need?
The surcharge for a bartender buys cocktail competence, and it is only worth paying where cocktails are genuinely mixed. If the evening runs on beer, wine, sparkling wine and simple long drinks, bar staff at the base rate will be faster, because speed at the tap is a different skill from balance in a shaker. Tell us the drinks list rather than the job title and we will say which of the two we would send — and where a second pouring point does more for the queue than a third person.
The difference shows from five hours upwards. Work out what your shift costs.
Calculate your price (opens in a new tab)Reviews: bar and catering staff in Berlin
Based on 35+ reviews · 5.0 out of 5
GoogleCR
Wir haben kurzfristig Unterstützung für unsere Hochzeit gebraucht und über staffconnect schnell passendes Servicepersonal gefunden. Der Kontakt war super schnell und persönlich, jederzeit erreichbar. [...]
BB
Fee hat meine private Geburtstagsfeier perfekt unterstützt! Bereits am Vormittag hat sie bei der Vorbereitung des Buffets zuverlässig und mit viel Überblick geholfen. Während des Festes hat sie sich [...]
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Der Preis wirkte für mich zuerst ‚zu gut‘. Nach mehreren Einsätzen hat StaffConnect jedoch vollständig überzeugt: verlässliche Besetzung, pünktliche und professionelle Mitarbeiter, proaktive [...]
AJ
Wir haben über StaffConnect einen Barkeeper für unsere Hochzeitsfeier gebucht und sind rundum begeistert. Die gesamte Kommunikation und alle Absprachen verliefen freundlich, schnell und völlig [...]
AD
Wir haben für ein Event kurzfristig Personal gebraucht und super unkompliziert eine sehr qualifizierte Person bekommen. Alles lief sehr leicht und ohne Probleme, das hat uns sehr geholfen. Klare [...]
SH
Meine ganz klare Empfehlung. Wir arbeiten mit Leon und seinem Team von StaffConnect vertrauensvoll zusammen. Mehr als einmal haben wir hier kurzfristig und unkompliziert tolle Unterstützung bekommen. [...]
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about bar and catering staff
Answer
From 26 €/h net as a new client, regularly 28 €/h net, minimum 5 hours per person and day. A bartender mixing cocktails carries a surcharge on top; someone pouring beer, wine and soft drinks does not. Night after 10 pm and public holidays add 4 €/h each, Sundays 2 €/h.
The tools, yes — the bar itself, no. For 75 € net per working day and person, your bartender brings a full professional kit: two Boston shaker tins, a Japanese jigger, muddler, Hawthorne, julep and fine strainers, bar spoon, peeler, citrus press, ice tongs, bottle opener, corkscrew, tweezers, two pourers, cocktail picks and drink menus. Glassware, ice, refrigeration and the drinks stay with you. The calculator cannot add this yet — mention it in your enquiry and it goes into the quote as its own line.
No. We are a staffing agency, not a caterer. You or your caterer provide food, drinks, glassware and the bar; we provide the people who work behind it. That is usually cheaper, because you buy drinks at cost and keep what is left over.
Guest numbers alone do not answer that. What moves it is the drinks list, how many pouring points you have and how long the evening runs — a cocktail menu at one bar needs more hands than beer and wine at two. Send us the list and the timings and we will say what we would staff.
Often yes. Of the bookings where we recorded the booking date, 32 % were made seven days or less before the shift, and the shortest lead time on record is one day. Under seven working days' notice a surcharge of 2 to 15 €/h applies, rising the closer to the date. We do not promise same-day cover.
German and English are standard. Berlin hospitality runs in two languages and so do we. Say in your enquiry which language the guests will use and we brief accordingly.
Yes — day by day, for a run of days, or as a framework agreement if you need people every week. Regular clients get the same faces where scheduling allows, which is usually what makes the difference behind a bar.
Question not covered? info@staffconnect.agency +49 179 6870788
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