Waiting Staff

Creative Scotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A popular café in Edinburgh is seeking friendly and attentive waiting staff to join their team. This role offers 12 to 25 hours per week, with a pay rate of £12.60 per hour plus an equal share of gratuities. The ideal candidate will have at least 6 months of restaurant table service experience and be available for shifts at least 4 days a week. The café serves a diverse clientele including exhibition audiences, local residents, and tourists, and aims to maintain a welcoming guest experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months' restaurant table service experience.
• Availability to work at least 4 days out of 7.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent table service to guests.
• Maintain and improve the guest experience in the cafe.
• Work during regular opening hours and events.

Skills

Attentiveness

Reliability

Customer service

Job description

Fruitmarket are looking for friendly, attentive and reliable waiting staff to join our team

Join the Fruitmarket team! We are looking for friendly, attentive and reliable waiting staff to join our team. We pride ourselves on creating a fair and friendly workplace with an attractive package of staff benefits. This role will be a floor service role with no bar skills required.

We will only consider applications from people with a minimum of 6 months' restaurant table service experience.

The Fruitmarket’s café is popular with our exhibition audiences and with busy commuters, local residents, and tourists. Working hours will largely be during our regular opening hours (which are 9am to 6pm, 7 days a week) but the role also involves working events outside of these hours. We are seeking a team member who will be passionate about table service and maintaining and improving the guest experience in the cafe.

The ideal candidate will be seeking between 12 and 25 hours per week and will need to be available at least 4 days out of 7.

Pay: £12.60 per hour plus equal share of gratuities.

Application Process

• For an informal discussion about the role please contact Craig on 0131 226 8195.
• Please visit our website https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/recruitment/ to download the job description and equalities monitoring form.
• Please read the job description and submit a CV with a statement outlining that you have the skills for the post, and complete the equalities monitoring information.
• We will also accept a CV and statement in video or audio file.
• The application should be emailed to [e-mail] with Waiting Staff as the email subject heading.
• We will contact shortlisted candidates directly. If you have not heard from us by Friday 9th January then your application has not been shortlisted.

The deadline is Monday 05 January 2026 at 17:00.