Barfachschule Zürich in Zürich

It was an instructive course and a very friendly teacher

My week at the Zurich bar school was an absolute dream. Every day was exciting and I learned so much from Alex that I feel ready to really start my career as a bartender. Hopefully my dream of running my own bar will one day come true.

Alex taught us everything in a great and exciting way. I was thrilled and can highly recommend the course :)

Alex offers an outstanding course that he has been running successfully for years. I can recommend this course to anyone who would like to learn hard and fairly how to become a bartender. Drinks are mixed non-stop here and learning is not only theoretical but also practical! I'd love to come back😉

The bar course with Alex was great fun! We learned a lot of cocktails, how to deal with guests, wine education and much more. The lessons with Alex were very instructive and cool!!!

We were at Funmixing as a group of 7 people. We really liked it. You learn a lot about spirits, cocktails, how to prepare them and get lots of tips for home. All in a relaxed atmosphere. Alex entertained us really well and impressed us with his great specialist knowledge. Of course there will be enough to drink and try 🤭 By the way, chips are also included as a snack and there is a recipe book to take home with you. It was a well-rounded affair. We can recommend Funmixen 👍

The Zurich Bar School offers an excellent bar professional course. The teaching content is comprehensive and practice-oriented, the course instructors are highly qualified and the atmosphere is motivating. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to have a successful start in the industry. I can only recommend

Bar course was great! 5 days of training on drinks (theory and practice), history and etiquette in service - very down to earth

We spent our company party at Alex's and had a great time together. The different cocktail mixes gave you a great insight and were able to try new spirits. The recipe book invites you to try it at home :) I would recommend the course to everyone.

The course was very entertaining, with Alex's humor and motivated demeanor he made the course very exciting and informative👍. I highly recommend this course for all bar enthusiasts

It's really fun & his knowledge of the industry is exciting & diverse. I highly recommend it! thanks Alex

What an awesome course we had with Alex :) I would highly recommend it to anyone who would like a fun team event!

On the occasion of our Christmas event, we completed a two-hour barmixing course with Alex. The tips and tricks we received were super helpful and the drinks tasted fantastic. We can highly recommend the bar course.

The course was HAMMER. Would do it again any time! It was a lot of fun!!

Exciting and fun experience for our whole team. We all had a lot of fun and were able to learn a lot. Very good organization and friendly host. We can only recommend it!

We had the fun mix cocktail course as a team event with Rick, absolutely great! Seven stars! Rick is pure entertainment and we had a lot of fun mixing it. The recipe book is also great. Thank you very much!

Alex created his own drinks for our company and gave us great advice. Thank you!!

I took the 5-day bartending course and was very positively surprised. The atmosphere was very relaxed and fun, while we still learned a lot of useful things. I would recommend it to everyone ;)

At the bar school you receive serious and high-level training. The amount of various spirits that are available to you is immense. You learn how to work behind the bar with high quality. I would recommend the school to everyone! Even if you have no idea, you will build up a lot of knowledge! Thanks Alex!!

Alex gives a great course. With his style, his great knowledge and experience, he is an ideal teacher. Huge selection. We made around 100 drinks together and were able to try a lot of things. I can only recommend the bar course.

Authentic preparation for bar life. Sarcastic but funny teaching. Feel free to come back

Great. You learn the most important things in a very short time. Good location in the center of Zurich. Nice people. That's fun.

Comfortable course, led with humor. It's an advantage if I put something in my mouth and by the second day at the latest I have to eat a good morning :)

Very good course to get an insight into different drinks and the job as a bartender. Alex is a great course instructor and passes on a lot of his knowledge as a bartender and (life stories). :)

Great course, very interesting, educational and practical. Top preparation for bar life with an experienced instructor at your side. Alex Armbrüster (course leader) was able to show us lots of tips and tricks and made the week very exciting.

I can only recommend the bar course. Theory and practice are well linked and Alex has exciting experience for practically every topic. During the course you quickly notice that he has a lot of experience in the bar profession. There were 8 of us in the September group, which resulted in a pleasant learning atmosphere.

The course with Alex was great fun. Learned a lot this week! I'd love to come back to freshen up.

Cool bartender course with a distinct focus on practical matters. You get a self-developed course book and a recipe book with close to 300 drink recipes. The recipe book is thoroughly curated along drink categories and allows you to put together your own drink menu in case you want to open your own bar. Apart from all the stuff you learn, you also try roughly 120 drinks (obviously only small doses per person otherwise you‘d walk out like a vegetable). Half-day you also spend with a wine expert learning the basics of wine making and trying a few glasses. In a nutshell: Absolute recommendation.

I can only recommend the Funmix course as a company event! Alex gave us a lot of background knowledge and we were able to mix and try many drinks ourselves. Thank you very much again!

Very cool course. You can try a lot of drinks and learn an extraordinary amount. The course materials are excellent. What’s also included is a short wine course. This is also great for non-wine drinkers. The interaction with the course participants is very collegial, which always creates a relaxed atmosphere. The only thing that could be criticized would be the bar stools. These can become a bit uncomfortable over time. It can also get a bit crowded if there are a lot of people taking the course. Again, if there were fewer, you wouldn't be able to try as many drinks because you'd get drunk quicker.

The professional bar course was very interesting, with different stories about various drinks. It was a very educational week with everything you need in terms of prior knowledge to start a job as a bartender. The opportunity to taste the different drinks and the different stories and easy-going personality of the instructor are additional pluses!

Was a great course with a very good bartender. He gave us good tips for our small theater business given. Great👍

Super great, very good teacher Alex and dynamic class, I was lear very much in this course. Thanks so much!

Great course leader, you get to see a lot, everyone will clearly leave the course with enough ifos.

Did the week course to learn the craft, I learned a lot and had a good time during this fun experience

The course was very informative. Alex conveyed it well. I can only recommend the course to everyone.

It was a great course. My friends and I had a lot of fun mixing different cocktails. I will definitely do it again.

We had a Team Event with Alex! It was just so funny! Alex is not only very professional but has a huge knowledge you could listen to for hours!!!! Was fun, was relaxed, exactly what we needed for our event! Thank you Alex, you're a legend!!!!

We chose the bar school for this year's team event with 9 people. We were welcomed very warmly and were able to try out various drinks as a team. The bartender was able to convince us with his friendly, competent and open manner. We would book it again in a heartbeat and recommend it to everyone! Top!

Great course for beginners as well as advanced students. Pleasant mix between theoretical knowledge and practical work. Highly recommended for interested and aspiring bartenders!

TOP! Super professional. I can highly recommend it

Great course, competent instructor with a lot of experience. It was a lot of fun and I learned an incredible amount.

Great location! Very varied and technical lessons, sometimes very intensive! Alex is a great teacher and brings a lot of fun to class! Was great!

Very extensive course with a lot of fun and a great instructor, the course group was also super fun🙏

Cool and learning week! You learn a lot in this short time. It's fun and very cool that you can repeat the course as often as you want.

I did the course for a Week and it was very fun but also informative. You learn a lot and it can prepare you for perfectly for the work life;)

Had a team event for 2 hours, it was quite fun and the bartender/instructor was a great entertainer! Highly recommend

Alex designed the course very well and has broad and good specialist knowledge and it was a lot of fun! :)

Cool course. For beginners as well as advanced users.

Professional intensive course Great course, it was fun and you learned a lot in a short time. I would recommend it to everyone. Top.

I completed the Bar Profi intensive course and it is really recommended. You learn a lot about the production and origin of the spirits, you can mix many cocktails yourself and of course taste them. There were also good tips and tricks for future bar life.

The course served me for travel purposes and work abroad and therefore gave me a lot of input thanks to the experiences from the course. The course is very intensive and was a lot of fun.

Great course!! Extensive lessons that allow you to learn the basics of bar operation. Tasting and practical work are not neglected either. The course materials are great and also include a recipe book with over 200 drinks. Alex tells interesting and amusing stories from his over 30 years of experience. A great time that leaves you wanting more!

Great course with all the tips and tricks for behind the bar. Alex does a really great job and you can learn a lot from him!

We did a cocktail mixing workshop with my colleagues as a part of the Christmas celebrations -that was such a great fun! Alex is not just a skilled barman but also quite some entertainer, has been telling stories about how certain cocktails have appeared, told many relevant stories and jokes. A very professional, entertaining service - I can only recommend it, my colleagues (and I!!) have loved the experience. You just really have to try that out.

Enjoyed an exciting, educational and entertaining 2 hours with Alex

I attended the one-week intensive bar professional course. As a career changer with mixing as a hobby, I was able to improve my skills and learn some new ones, mainly in the areas of efficiency and different methods. However, I was able to benefit most from the many inputs on bar operations and the hospitality industry in general. Another big plus for me was the opportunity to taste well over 100 different cocktails and to hear many anecdotes from Alex about their origin, history and development. One afternoon we also learned many details about wine production and tasting directly from the wine merchant. Thank you for the educational and entertaining course. I definitely recommend him and would visit him again in a heartbeat.

It was a very positive, fun and great week. Very informative. I can only recommend.

A super great and funny Abig gsi!

It was super fun! =) We were able to mix lots of great drinks and also learned the history. Keep it up!

The seven of us attended a three-hour “hobby mix course” with Alex (head of the bar school and also our course leader). It was a thoroughly successful afternoon! Room size for our event: perfect. We learned an incredible amount and laughed at least as much. Alex shared his enormous knowledge with us with a friendly ease. You can tell right from the start that a professional is at work here. We learned much more than you would expect from a hobby course. Not only did we mix and taste over 20 drinks - no, we also talked about the ingredients, the different ways of "making" a drink, the origin of the names of drinks, etc. What we found particularly exciting was the different qualities to learn. It was fun from A - Z and anyone who gets involved will experience a very entertaining and at the same time extremely instructive course. We were allowed to take the recipe book we received home with us, very great. This means you can not only remix the drinks you've learned, but also try out more. Thanks Alex - we all had a lot of fun.

Awesome course! I was on the 9-5 course for one week. The course started with the basics and advanced throughout the end. You get great documents to take home and improve your skills. You can always call alex or reach out to him if you have any questions or want to repeat the course for free!! You will also learn a lot about the different stories of the various Alkohol. And how to create your own drinks. The Selection of booze is huge and great to improve your skills. Great investment!

I attended the professional bar course with Alex, which was very extensive and interesting. For me, the course was a great experience that really helped me move forward. Alex has a lot of background knowledge and is very happy to pass it on. The learning material provided is very helpful as it will also serve as a reference work after the course. Thank you Alex for the great, casual treatment!

Dear Alex Thank you very much for your support in the world of drinks. It's a great idea with lots of good tips and interesting things to try. Greetings from the engineer :-) Rene

Great experience!! I would take this course again at any time. You learn a lot about the history of the different drinks and of course how to mix them. Our course leader, Alex Armbrüster, created a pleasant learning atmosphere, was very patient and explained certain things to us five times. I feel much better prepared for everyday life behind the bar.

Had an awesome week learning the ins and outs of bar keeping! It was both insanely informative and very fun. Came out not only knowing how to make great drinks, but with loads new historical context and jokes.

I was in this place briefly myself and it is recommended for cocktail lovers

I was allowed to attend the 1 week bar course. We had a great group and it was very informative. Thank you again Alex.

Was extremely fun. Rick is a great teacher! The group was also great.

The hobby mixing course with Rick was a lot of fun! I thought all the background information was great - I also really liked the balance between the more relaxed hobby mixing and the valuable input from a practical professional. Conclusion: Cool thing, keep it up!

Thanks for the great week! I'm ready for the bar! Alex designed the course really well!

It was a great experience, you learn a lot in this week and it's a lot of fun.

Cool bar course for everyone! If you want to work behind the bar somewhere, the course is essential!

a fantastic and great experience Alex know his work! Highly recommended!

This man Alex is straight up the G.O.A.T., as is the Greatest Of All Time. Straight up funniest dude I have ever met and for sure the funniest teacher I have ever had. You straight up feel like he’s your homie that has unlimited knowledge about drinks and mixing. The G.O.A.T. 11/10 and whoever doesn’t agree with me can meet me outside.

Barkurs was appealing, good entertainment. But the price-performance ratio is not right at all: 100 CHF per person. There were 13 of us, not all of us could drink a whole drink... The operator did not respond to this notice. Update: The bar school has contacted me. Based on the descriptions and circumstances, they easily offered to repeat the course. We are excited and looking forward to the evening in ZH.

Nice, way too expensive (100 CHF/pax)

Very good course, even for people who don't work in the bar, as you get a lot of knowledge about the different drinks and spirits, which gives you a deeper understanding of the taste. I can highly recommend it.

We were four friends who attended the Hobby Mix course. The course was very humorous and educational at the same time. It was great fun. It was a successful surprise for one colleague on her birthday.

Good and efficient course to acquire all the basic knowledge you need behind the bar.

A wonderful concept. Authentically and even after years of gastronomy experience, it is worth taking the free course repetition and getting up to date. I'll be back 😉

The intensive course to become a bar professional is, as the name suggests, intensive. The pace is very fast but just right for the amount of information. The knowledge is conveyed with a lot of humor and every student has plenty of opportunity to mix things themselves. You can see that the school or The instructors spend a lot of time and energy on the material and the lessons. I will definitely take advantage of the offer to repeat the course!

Highly recommended and interesting!

Super cool course gsi! You learn what you need to achieve and it is explained to you very well and your questions are answered😊👍🏼

Great place for bar school. Great atmosphere, and the highlight was the teacher Alex Armbrüster, very friendly and he answered every question with simple details so that everyone could understand. 👍

The professional bar course with Alex is very detailed and extensive. Alex has a lot of background knowledge and passes on lots of great anecdotes. The information material provided is very complete and will continue to be very useful as a reference work even after the course.

It was great and we were able to learn a lot. It was always a lot of fun, and the wine training was also very helpful. I would love to come back!!

Very informative and helpful course. The whole week was very varied. All drinks are very well prepared.

Very good training! Here I was able to broaden my horizons and further my interests. I recommend this course to anyone who has always had an interest in the cocktail world!

Good people, good drinks, what more could you want

Awesome place, very good bar 👌 Mixing course was super interesting too!

It was a super educational and interesting week!! I feel prepared to work now and had lots of fun. Alex is a great teacher I can only recommend it to you.

It was a very educational week, very interesting. I would recommend.

I've learned so much this week. This bar course was an amazing experience. Alex definitely knows what he is talking about, is fun to be around and is a good teacher. We surely made over 100 different drinks (yes, with the real & correct ingredients) and were able to taste them as well. There was a great balance between theory and practical experience. Couldn't have wished for more. It was definitely worth every cent.

Many thanks to Alex for this exciting and educational week. In a family atmosphere, we expertly prepared countless drinks while Alex entertained us with funny anecdotes from the bar scene. Thanks to the practical training, we have been able to automate processes and feel optimally prepared for work behind the bar.

Great course, cool concept and very varied!

Intensive bartending course was excellent! Within a week you learn hundreds of drinks and everything that goes with the bar. Very practical and great atmosphere

Very varied and entertaining course.

The Bar professional course is very educational and entertaining at the same time. A solid general education has been packed into a compact form. Alex (the course leader) does it really well with his cool style! Only recommended. I'd love to come back!!!

Thanks Alex, it was very cool with you