Drinkz By Design

Avoid! We hired Drinkz by Design to provide 6 hours of premium bar service for my son's wedding. We prepaid over $3k for beer, wine, and liquor for the 6 hour event. Per the contract, they were supposed to show up 2 hours before the ceremony and be fully set up, but they were not. They failed to provide liquor for 2.5 hours of the 6 hours contract period. The owner Brandon's excuse was that, after the reception started, the bride told him we didn't want liquor. Then he blamed a wedding coordinator. We had nearly 100 people at the reception and prepaid for the liquor, it's ridiculous to think we suddenly didn't want it at the event. But that's Brandon's cover story for why the bar service didn't include liquor for the whole 6 hours per the contract. In addition, Brandon couldn't fill many common mixed drink orders (e.g., vodka and tonic). Well before the end of the event, he ran out of all but one liquor (even though they started liquor service 2.5 hours late) and three of the four beer selections. He tells you that you will get any leftover booze, but then assures there won't be any because he doesn't even bring enough to get through the event. And there were only two bartenders for our 95 person group, one was Brandon and the other was someone Brandon hired off of Craigslist two days before the wedding. We don't even know if she was licensed. Both during and after the event, we spoke to Brandon about the poor service and his failures to meet the contract. He asked us to document his contract violations in an email, which we did, but he doesn't respond, just makes excuses. We are trying to resolve the dispute but he just disappeared. This was our son's wedding reception, there's no do-over and our memory will always include the poor service and financial rip off. We hope people considering to contract with Drinkz by Design think twice so they don't get taken for thousands of dollars like we were.