Bartender

About The Groucho Club

Founded in 1985, The Groucho Club is one of London’s most renowned private members’ clubs, bringing together individuals from the creative industries including film, media, arts, publishing, and music. Located in Soho, the Club provides bars, restaurants, event spaces, and bedrooms exclusively for members and their guests. Discretion, individuality and a relaxed yet professional atmosphere sit at the heart of everything we do.

We are on the lookout for a bartender with flair, someone who doesn’t just make drinks, but crafts moments. We want a true mixologist who combines technical finesse with a radiant, welcoming energy, the kind that makes members feel at home the moment they step up to the bar. This role is all about hosting, engaging, and creating magic in every pour. The perfect candidate brings a can-do attitude, a spark of personality, and an instinct for turning simple ingredients into something memorable.

Why is this so important? Because every cocktail, every smile, every detail behind the bar shapes the experience of our members. And here at the Groucho Club, that experience is everything, it’s what makes our space unique, buzzing, and unforgettable.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Ensuring every drink that leaves your bar is beautifully balanced, impeccably presented, and worthy of the Club.
• Preparing a wide repertoire of cocktails in line with Club guidelines, each one made with care and consistency.
• Bringing fresh ideas to the menu with innovative, well-considered cocktails that excite and delight our members.
• Setting up and maintaining immaculate service stations, ensuring the bar is fully stocked, polished, and ready for every service.
• Managing daily F&B requisitions thoughtfully and accurately, maintaining par levels so service never misses a beat.
• Delivering service with style, fast, efficient, and seamless, whether serving members directly or supporting the wider team.
• Hosting with warmth, making food and drink orders in a friendly, confident, and professional manner.
• Closing with care presenting bills clearly and correctly, even when service is declined.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• At least one year’s experience behind a busy bar, understanding the rhythm, the pace, and the quiet choreography that makes great service feel effortless.
• Confident cocktail knowledge, comfortable preparing a wide range of drinks with consistency and care.
• Polished, personable, and naturally engaging, taking pride in your presentation.
• A true host, instinctively understanding that exceptional service is about anticipation, generosity, and making every guest feel entirely at ease.
• Calm under pressure, remaining composed, solutions-focused, and professional.
• A clear and confident communicator, building easy rapport with members and collaborating seamlessly with colleagues.
• Service-driven at heart, motivated by delivering consistently outstanding experiences.
• Socially assured, comfortable interacting across a diverse and dynamic membership.
• Quick on your feet, multitasking with focus and energy in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexible and adaptable, embracing change and bringing a positive, can-do mindset to every shift.

Why You’ll Love It Here

• 28 days’ holiday including bank holidays (part-time pro rata).
• Wagestream to support your financial wellbeing.
• Nutritious meals prepared by our in-house team.
• Pension scheme.
• Health Cash Plan (claim back everyday medical expenses such as dental and prescriptions).
• Employee Assistance Programme with Hospitality Action.
• Refer a Friend Scheme — earn up to £500.
• Staff parties, food and cocktail tastings, and the opportunity to work alongside London’s best members.

Equal Opportunities

The Groucho Club is an equal opportunities employer. All employment decisions, including hiring, promotion, discipline, and dismissal, are based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, nationality, ancestry, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression.

No agency support required, direct candidates only, please.