Two cocktails on a tray

San Francisco bar consulting. Count the work that goes into the glass.

Unfiltered Hospitality provides beverage consulting for restaurants, hotels, and bars in San Francisco and the Bay Area. We are based in Miami and fly in to develop drinks, review prep, and train your team on site.

Somebody has to make all of that before service.

Our San Francisco bar consulting covers cocktail development, recipe costing, prep systems, and staff training. A new menu looks manageable until you write out everything the team has to make before opening. Now there are six syrups, two infusions, and a garnish that needs its own afternoon. Some of that work might make the drink worth ordering. We look at what each recipe adds, what it costs, and what your team has time to prepare. We taste and test on site, then help managers keep the prep and ordering current between visits.

San Francisco and Bay Area beverage programs

For teams changing the menu or building their first one.

We help San Francisco and Bay Area restaurants, hotel bars, independent operators, and hospitality groups build menus around their concept and the people serving it. If you're changing drinks with the food menu, the bar needs time to test recipes, update costs, and teach the changes. If you're opening, that work starts before the first order. We work through it with your team on site.

What we do

Menus, systems, and training.

Three pieces of the Better Beverage Program, built for your concept and put in place on your floor. Quarterly support after launch keeps the standard.

Menus designed to fit your brand, guests, and goals. Every drink costed and tested for speed before it goes on the menu.How it works

Proof

A working bar in Miami, with client work across the country.

Our office is in Hialeah, Florida, and we own and run The Sylvester in Miami. We handle the menu and the work behind it in our own bar. Our results page documents our national consulting projects and the services delivered. It does not currently list a San Francisco project. We fly from our Miami base to work with San Francisco and Bay Area teams on site.

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    Ready to build a bar program that performs.

    Tell us what you are opening or fixing. We reply with next steps for menu, systems, and training.

    • Menus designed for your concept and guest
    • Systems and training your team can run
    • Operators who still work behind the bar
    “Innovative training and new programming that revitalizes our offerings and aligns with Virgin Voyages.”
    Charles SteadmanDirector, F&B Experience · Virgin Voyages

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