Job Description
Job Description
The server is the direct guide to the guest experience at Session. The server controls the pace and tone of the dining experience from the moment a guest sits at a table to the time they stand up to leave. They provide friendly, responsive service focusing on hospitality and ensuring their guests want to return.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Genuinely welcome guests and engage them in unscripted conversation
- Listen to guests’ questions, needs, and concerns.
- Address each with attention, understanding, and by making recommendations
- Anticipate the guests’ needs or preferences by recognizing facial and indirect cues throughout their dining experience (hesitation, silence, glancing around the restaurant, etc.)
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of MTJ and its standards, procedures, products, and services. Stay up to date on off menu products, specials, etc.
- Use the POS / Toast as a primary method of communication and organization
- Deliver food and drinks to tables, communicate items to the table
- Facilitate charge and payment from guests
- Answer phones and complete those calls as necessary
- Communicate openly, clearly, and positively to guests, co-workers, and managers
- Embrace the teamwork philosophy by striving to assist other team members
- Protect guests and the establishment by knowing and following sanitation, safety and alcohol control policies.
- General and basic housekeeping duties including but not limited to sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning beverage equipment, stocking side stations, servicing restrooms, etc.
Qualities of a Server :
Friendly and energetic demeanor and personalitySense of urgency - the need to finish a task quickly and effectivelyAbility to keep calm under pressureAbility to take instruction, especially under pressurePositive outlook and influenceAbility to multitask and stay organizedAttention to detail, cleanliness, and sanitationAwareness of environment and service needsAbility to prioritize tasks based on importance and urgencyBasic computer literacy and basic math skillsRequirements :
Must be at least 18 years of age (Adhere to MO liquor laws)Previous restaurant experiencePrevious serving experience preferredClean and hygienic appearanceAbility to stand, walk, bend etc for extended periods and lift up to 40 poundsAbility to work nights, weekends, and holidays