Banquet Bartender - On Call

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants in Huntington Beach, CA is seeking a bartender to prepare and serve drinks for guests in a professional, courteous, and timely manner, delivering outstanding service.

Responsibilities include greeting guests, taking orders, pouring drinks per specifications, handling POS orders, ensuring guest safety, maintaining cleanliness, and supporting the team across the bar and banquet areas.

Qualifications

• 1 year of bartending experience is preferred.
• Passion for crafting personalized guest experiences.
• Excellent wine and spirits knowledge, great communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledgeable of credit card and cash handling procedures, as well as recording accurate tip-out sheets and calculating accurate bill amounts.
• Food Handler and Alcohol Serving Certifications (if applicable).
• Flexible schedule and ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays when needed.

Responsibilities

• Greet and welcome our guests and promptly serve them.
• Pour drinks, using standard pour according to specifications, receive and process orders in the POS system with accuracy.
• Serve drinks to guests.
• Notify a manager if a guest is becoming intoxicated or rude to other guests.
• Fill and clean ice bins, clean and empty trash cans.
• Clean shelving, stainless steel, mixers, cups, blenders, and soda guns.
• Follow uniform and grooming specifications.
• Maintain cooperative communication with support crew and management.
• Set up and tear down banquet bars.
• We all wear multiple hats here at Kimpton; you may need to take on responsibilities outside of this job post at times, as we all do.

Skills

Bartending experience

Guest service

Wine & spirits knowledge

Cash handling

Teamwork

Tools

POS system

Cash handling procedures

Job description

Why We’re Here

We believe heartfelt, human connections make people’s lives better. Especially the people who work here.

Our founder, Bill Kimpton rebelled against impersonal, generic hospitality that makes people feel disconnected. He initiated a new boutique hotel standard and environment where people could connect, from the heart. That was the goal then, and it is still our purpose today.

Your work here has meaning. You’re here to improve the lives of coworkers, guests, owners, communities, and together we make that happen. It all starts with you and we expect the same return in your unique way every day.

How We’re Different

Our San Francisco-born entrepreneurial spirit and zest for life kickstarted this culture in 1981, and it shines through to this day.

It all flows from you. The lively, rebellious, genuine you— with your diverse background, talents, experiences, and plucky personality— is fully welcome and celebrated here. When people can be themselves at work, they shine.

We seek out and celebrate people of all kinds who share a knack for creativity and self-leadership. People who don’t need to be told what to do to get things done. People who have an innate passion for making others’ lives better.

It results in a work environment that is quirky, irreverent, exciting, uncommon, empowering, and downright exceptional. Guests feel it; you will too.

What You’ll Do

Prepare and serve drinks for guests in a professional, courteous, and timely manner, providing outstanding service along the way.

Some Of Your Responsibilities Include

• Greet and welcome our guests and promptly serve them.
• Pour drinks, using standard pour according to specifications, receive and process orders in the POS system with accuracy.
• Serve drinks to guests.
• Notify a manager if a guest is becoming intoxicated or rude to other guests.
• Fill and clean ice bins, clean and empty trash cans.
• Clean shelving, stainless steel, mixers, cups, blenders, and soda guns.
• Follow uniform and grooming specifications.
• Maintain cooperative communication with support crew and management.
• Set up and tear down banquet bars.
• We all wear multiple hats here at Kimpton; you may need to take on responsibilities outside of this job post at times, as we all do.

What You Bring

• 1 year of bartending experience is preferred.
• Passion for crafting and personalizing guest experiences.
• Excellent wine and spirits knowledge, great communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledgeable of credit card and cash handling procedures, as well as recording accurate tip-out sheets and calculating accurate bill amounts.
• Food Handler and Alcohol Serving Certifications (if applicable).
• Flexible schedule and ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays when needed.

Differences make a difference. We are committed to creating a culture that reflects the diversity of our hotel and restaurant guests. We encourage each employee to understand, accept, and celebrate differences among people—including personalities, lifestyles, work styles, education, and experience. We welcome and embrace people of all races, ethnicities, ages, religions, physical abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities, and genders. For our complete EEO policy click here.

Be Yourself. Lead Yourself. Make it Count.