Bartender

Padre Hotel; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discounts

Job summary

The Padre Hotel in Bakersfield is seeking an experienced bartender to prepare, mix, and garnish drinks and manage bar setup and teardown for events. You will ensure responsible alcohol service, greet guests, and work with a knowledgeable team to promote hospitality and merchandise beverages and food.

Candidates should understand bar etiquette, maintain accurate cash handling, and operate the POS system efficiently during peak times.

Qualifications

• Must have extensive knowledge of food and beverage etiquette and service standards.
• Ability to read, write and speak English fluently to interact with customers.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze customer needs and resolve issues.
• Basic math skills for cash handling.
• Ability to work under pressure during busy periods.

Responsibilities

• Set up bar according to Padre standards at opening and start of shifts.
• Complete assigned pre-shift side work.
• Check IDs for guests under 30 ordering alcohol.
• Mix and serve drinks and pastries according to Padre recipes.
• Greet guests promptly and engage hospitality.
• Maintain bar cleanliness and polish glassware.
• Enter orders in POS in correct sequence.
• Close checks promptly and process payments within minutes.

Skills

F&B etiquette

Customer relations

Cash handling

English fluency

Communication skills

Teamwork

Tools

POS system

Job description

Principle Responsibilities & Position Purpose:

The Bartender will prepare, mix, pour and garnish alcoholic and specialty drinks for guests at the bar. Responsible for the set up and break down of the bar area for each event. Needs to be thoroughly familiar with all alcoholic beverages and how to properly create them. Emphasis is based on caring and attentive employees who embrace the company’s core values.

This list of responsibilities is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by this position:

• Set up bar according to the padre standards when opening and at start of shifts.
• Completion of assigned pre-shift side work.

• Check age verification of any guest under 30 years old who orders an alcoholic beverage. Ability to differentiate between valid and invalid identification.
• Knowledge and execution of the safe sale of alcohol to include over intoxication.
• Proper and professional greeting of guests upon arrival. Guests are greeted within two minutes of arrival at the bar.
• Ability to interact with all guests in a friendly, hospitable manner.
• Knowledgeable and enthusiastic merchandising of all food items, bar and beverage items, and retail items. Ability to pass tests on all items with a minimum score of 90% and ability to verbally communicate knowledge.
• Knowledgeable about daily and happy hour specials.
• Polish all glassware used for service in the bar.
• Mix and serve alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages according to the padre recipes.
• Prepare bar and beverage items for servers in a timely manner.
• Coordination and proper timing of steps of food served in the bar using proper service sequence, timing and professionalism.
• Proper entering of food and beverage items into the POS system before serving the next guest.
• Ensuring food is delivered to the guest in a timely manner.
• Run food when possible. Food does not sit in the window.
• Ensuring that guests are pleased with their food after each course. Apply the “two bite two minute rule” consistently by checking back after the guest has taken two bites of their food item, specifically asking something along the lines of , “Are you enjoying the Caesar salad?” or “Is there anything else I can bring you?”
• Proper and professional merchandising of the dessert menu with every dining guest.
• Ability to completely answer food and beverage related questions from guests.
• Completion of running side work according to the padre standards.
• Clean-up and re-setting of the bar after completion of service.
• Cleaning and dusting of all interior and exterior areas of the bar, including bar stools.
• Proper execution of all POS functions including, but not limited to, opening a check, entering items in proper sequence on the correct check, modifying items, adding additional items onto the check, and printing the check.

• Ability to properly close a check and to present the correct check to the correct table in the approved the padre check folder.
• Correct processing and collection of payment of final bill (either cash or credit card) within three (3) minutes and settling of the check.
• Closing side work completed to the padre standards.
• Proper completion of cash-out. Ability to correctly calculate total of all credit card sales and final cash due total to management and to turn in proper amount of cash, if due.
• Additional duties or special projects related to the overall operation of the restaurant as requested by management. A sense of urgency and follow-through is demonstrated in a timely manner regarding any assignment, task or special project assigned by management.
• Regular attendance in conformance with the standards, which may be established by the Company from time to time, is essential to the successful performance in this position.
• Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, employees may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the company.

• Rate of Pay: $17.00 per hour

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Must have extensive knowledge of food and beverage etiquette, customer relations and service standards.
• Ability to read, write and speak the English language fluently to interact with customers and the public.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze customer needs and resolve any and all customer challenges.
• Basic mathematical skills for cash-handling.
• Ability to work under pressure and deal with stressful situations during busy periods.
• Interpersonal skills to provide overall customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of drink recipes and drink and wine merchandising specials.
• Knowledge of liquor laws and bar terminology.

This venue is operated by Eat.Drink.Sleep. In return, we offer competitive wages and caring, attentive management personnel. Employees are eligible for generous discounts at all venues operated by Eat.Drink.Sleep.

The Padre Hotel provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, The Padre Hotel complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.