Host

Simmons Bar; City Of London; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£12.75 per hour + tips

50% staff discount

Hospitality Essentials discounts

Internal progression opportunities

Experience days & team events

Job summary

Simmons Bar in London is seeking a Simmons Host to join our vibrant late-night venue. You will be the first friendly face guests meet and help ensure they have the best possible start to their visit.

The role offers £12.75 per hour plus tips, 50% staff discount, a perks platform for weekly shops, strong progression opportunities with many internal promotions, and exciting incentives such as experience days and team events.

Qualifications

• Welcoming guests warmly and professionally.
• Assist guests with enquiries.
• Ensure tables are clean and ready for arrivals.
• Report no-shows and help maximise sales where possible.
• Handle reasonable requests from managers.

Responsibilities

• Providing all guests with a warm and professional welcome during the checking-in process.
• Assisting with all guest enquiries.
• Ensuring tables are properly clean and set up prior to their booking arrivals.
• Managing and reporting any no shows to the management team and ensure we maximise sales where possible.
• Complete all reasonable requests from line managers.

Job description

What’s in it for you:

• £12.75 per hour + tips
• 50% staff discount, including during our award-winning Happy Hour!
• Hospitality Essentials, a discounts and perks platform for your weekly shops and holidays!
• Great progression opportunities- 70% of our managers have been internally promoted.
• Exciting incentives, including experience days, team nights out and trips abroad!

Who we are:

We’re well known for being the best bar group in London (and probably the world). A late night cocktail party bar offering you the perfect place for after work drinks or a cheeky dance into the early hours. We’re located in lots of different places across London, we can be hired out for private parties and we have a notoriously eclectic musical taste; ranging from hip-hop, to disco, to funk, to 80’s, to 90’s to classic party bangers!

About you:

As a Simmons Host, you will play a key role in assisting the management team in ensuring that all guests start off with the best experience from the moment they approach our venue.

Main responsibilities:

• Providing all guests with a warm and professional welcome during the checking-in process.
• Assisting with all guest enquiries.
• Ensuring tables are properly clean and set up prior to their booking arrivals.
• Managing and reporting any no shows to the management team and ensure we maximise sales where possible.
• Complete all reasonable requests from line managers.