Medley private events
How we run a Medley private event
Medley sits about 7 miles south of our Hialeah base, which puts a private event here inside the ring we work most weekends — same kit, same crew, same setup window as anything closer in.
The nearest places we serve are Doral, Hialeah Gardens and Miami Springs, starting about 2 miles away. If your private event guest list is spread across them, nobody is making an unreasonable journey — and arrivals bunch rather than trickle, which is exactly when a second pair of hands behind the bar earns its keep.
Because Medley is its own city, the rules that shape a private event here are local ones: how late music may run, where a truck may stand, whether the space needs booking in its own right. We would far rather know the constraint than discover it on the day.
What you actually book for a Medley private event is a licensed, insured team, a bar that photographs well, and a drinks list built with you rather than handed to you. What you do not book is a stranger who turns up and asks where the ice is.
Pricing a private event in Medley starts at $85/hour against a 3-hour minimum, and the wizard below gives you your own number before you talk to anyone. Distance across the county does not move the rate.
The quickest way to learn what a Medley private event costs is to build it below — no call, no form-then-wait, and nobody standing between you and the figure.
How far will you travel for a Medley private event?
Medley is about 7 miles from where we load, and we cover the whole of Miami-Dade. The distance shapes our morning, not your rate — bartending is $85/hour with a 3-hour minimum.
Doral, Hialeah Gardens and Miami Springs are on the same run, so a venue just over the line is no different to book.
My venue is near Medley rather than in it — is that a problem?
Not at all. Doral is about 2 miles from Medley, with Hialeah Gardens and Miami Springs close behind, and all of them price identically.
Give us the real address when you book and we plan the load-in around that rather than around the search term.
How many bartenders for a Medley private event?
It follows the guest count and how long the bar stays open. The wizard on this page sizes it as you fill it in.
Half the bartending quotes we write are for 50 guests or fewer, which is usually one bartender working steadily.
How many drinks should I plan for per guest?
It depends far more on the length of service than on the headcount, which is why the wizard asks for hours before it asks for anything else.
Tell it your guest count and how long you want the bar open and it will size the ice, mixers and serveware for you.
When should the bar open at a Medley private event?
Usually as guests arrive, and then it follows your run sheet from there — quiet for the speeches, busy again afterwards.
Tell us the shape of the evening and we will staff the peaks rather than spreading the same crew flat across the night.
How do I book a private event in Medley?
Price it here, then hold the date with a 25% deposit. The balance falls due 48 hours before the private event.
The deposit is fully refundable until 7 days out, and the date can be moved free of charge up to 48 hours before.
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