Assistant General Manager – Luxury Lifestyle Dining | London
A hospitality group is looking for a Assistant General Manager (AGM) to join one of its luxury lifestyle dining concepts in London. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced hospitality professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys leading teams and is passionate about delivering outstanding service within a vibrant, high-energy dining setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the General Manager in overseeing daily operations and maintaining exceptional service standards.
- Take an active role on the floor, leading the team and ensuring a seamless guest experience.
- Supervise, coach and develop front-of-house colleagues, fostering a positive and high-performing team culture.
- Assist with driving revenue, controlling costs and achieving operational targets.
- Monitor business performance and contribute to effective labour management, stock control and overall profitability.
- Ensure the venue consistently delivers the expected standards of service, presentation and atmosphere.
- Work closely with the kitchen and management teams to maintain smooth communication and efficient operations.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, training and retention of team members.
- Handle guest feedback and resolve operational challenges professionally and efficiently.
- Step into the General Manager’s responsibilities when required, ensuring continuity across the operation.
Requirements
- Proven experience as an Assistant General Manager, Restaurant Manager or in a similar senior operational role within a premium dining environment.
- Experience in luxury lifestyle restaurants, high-volume venues or entertainment-led hospitality concepts is highly desirable.
- Strong floor presence and the ability to lead teams in a busy, high-energy operation.
- Good commercial awareness, with an understanding of labour costs, budgets, revenue targets and operational KPIs.
- Excellent communication, organisational and people-management skills.
- A proactive, hands-on leadership style with a strong focus on guest satisfaction and team development.
- A genuine passion for hospitality and creating memorable guest experiences.
- Candidates must currently be based in London.
- Existing right to work in the UK is essential.
Further details about the venue and opportunity will be shared with shortlisted candidates during the recruitment process.