Top 3 Tropical Bartender Shirts

Quite often the staff at Wave Shoppe Hawaiian shirts will get calls from bartenders asking for recommendations on staff shirts. Since lighting in bars is normally low, its important to choose a shirt color that can not only be seen in poor lighting, but one that can also be spotted against a room full of people.

Think of the "where's waldo" pictures, they are a big meld of colors and shapes and its really difficult to spot waldo. Our knowledgeable customer service staff takes everything into account when making recommendations, lighting, themes, quantity of staff etc..

For bars that cater to crowds of people that mainly flock around a jukebox or karaoke, we usually recommend something like the blue Hawaiian shirt with Plumeria flowers (pictured).

This particular design looks good with the dark colored pants most bartender wear and it hides stains well.

Occasionally getting splashed while making drinks just comes with the territory.


That brings us to bars that have more of a tropical décor, such as a Jimmy Buffet theme or heavy decor like you would see in a tropical bar in the Florida keys or in the Bahamas.

For bartenders looking for clothing for those types of situations we recommend more of an engineered design.

Our recommendation would be something like our orange Hawaiian shirt with parrots which hides stains well, largely due to the airbrushed background.

Lastly we have a Hawaiian shirt for bartenders that work in totally crazy environments such as big open bars and weekly pool parties that feature live music. Ugly Hawaiian shirts do the trick.

These places need special clothing because you not only need to be seen, but also remembered.

Any bartender that works in these conditions will tell you they need to be see, weather they are making a announcement or calling out a drink special or even when greeting people, they need to be seen.

We would like to add that bars with at least a dozen employees often opt to buy Hawaiian shirts in bulk at wholesale prices. This service is geared towards bars that have a specific theme such as sail fish, beer bottles or a particular plant or animal. We have processed single orders for upwards of 1000 pieces, so we are sure we can handle just about any size order you can throw at us.

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