Bar & Waiting Team Member - The Kings Head

Honeycomb Houses; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Tronc

50% off boutique bedrooms and meals

Free meals on duty

Company pension scheme

Learning and development platform

Job summary

Honeycomb Houses is seeking a friendly Bar & Waiting Team Member for The Kings Head in Cirencester. Join our hospitality-driven team delivering attentive service from coffee to dinner, ensuring guests feel at home.

You will welcome guests, take orders, upsell, prepare and serve drinks, handle payments, and maintain high standards of cleanliness across bar, restaurant and garden areas.

Qualifications

• Friendly, professional and passionate about hospitality.
• Willingness to learn and a strong work ethic.
• Desire to exceed guest expectations and deliver exceptional service.

Responsibilities

• Warmly welcome guests with a smile and anticipate their needs.
• Work well with others across departments to ensure smooth service.
• Confidently take orders and make recommendations to guests.
• Maximise sales through suggestive selling and up-selling.
• Prepare and serve drinks to high standards and handle payments.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene across bar, restaurant and garden areas.

Skills

Hospitality

Customer service

Upselling

Teamwork

Job description

Bar & Waiting Team Member - The Kings Head

• Bar & Waiting Team Member - The Kings Head

About The Role

AtHoneycomb Houses, warm hospitality sits at the heart of everything we do. We'relooking for a Food & Beverage Team Member to join the team at one of ourcharacterful houses, helping to create memorable experiences for every guestwho walks through our doors.

Whetherwelcoming guests for a morning coffee, a leisurely lunch, a celebratory dinneror an overnight stay, you'll play an important role in delivering theattentive, genuine service that defines our houses. You'll be a natural peopleperson, taking pride in creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere while ensuringevery detail is taken care of.

We'relooking for someone who is friendly, professional and passionate abouthospitality, with a positive attitude and a desire to exceed guestexpectations. Previous experience is always welcomed, but just as important isa willingness to learn, a strong work ethic and a genuine enthusiasm fordelivering exceptional service.

Inreturn, you'll join a supportive team within a collection of individuallystyled houses where people, hospitality and memorable guest experiences are atthe centre of everything we do. With full training and ongoing developmentopportunities, there's plenty of scope to grow your career with us.

The role:

• Warmly welcoming guests with a smile ensuring every need is anticipated and delivered while making them feel at home.
• Being a positive and hard-working team member who works well with the wider team across all departments.
• Confidently making recommendations to our guests while taking orders.
• Maximising sales through suggestions and up-selling.
• Preparing and serving drinks to the highest of standards.
• Dealing with payments.
• Maintaining standards of cleanliness & hygiene in the bar, restaurant and garden areas.

About Us

Honeycomb Houses is a collection of individually styled pubs with rooms across the Cotswolds and Thames Valley, each with its own character, charm and welcoming atmosphere.

Rooted in warm hospitality, we create places where guests can eat, drink, stay and celebrate, enjoying memorable experiences that feel relaxed, personal and genuinely homely.

Backed by our family-owned parent company, Brakspear, our approach is simple: we treat colleagues like family, guests as friends and our houses as homes.

The King'sHead is one of the Cotswolds' most iconic houses, combining over 600 years ofhistory with stylish design, vibrant hospitality and modern luxury. Located inthe heart of Cirencester, it offers guests a place to eat, drink, stay,celebrate and unwind in truly remarkable surroundings.

With 66unique bedrooms, destination dining, flexible event spaces and the atmosphericVaulted Spa, The King's Head is designed around creating memorable experiences.Whether visiting for a romantic getaway, a special celebration, a spa retreator a gathering with friends and family, it's a house that leaves a lastingimpression.

We pay up to £12.71 an hour, plus tronc which is on average an extra £1.50 an hour. Tips are then additional to tronc.

Employee Benefits:

• Great Tronc
• 50% off our boutique bedrooms and meals in our Honeycomb Houses
• Free Meals on duty
• Development programmes and progression opportunities
• Access to our benefit portal, including 1000’s of discounts.
• Wellbeing hub and employee assistance program
• Company pension scheme
• Learning and development platform
• Monthly recognition and reward programmes
• Length of service recognition
• Fantastic team parties and socials
• Flexible working opportunities
• Most importantly, you will feel welcomed as part of the Honeycomb Houses family!

At Honeycomb Houses, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants.