Bartender

Driftwood Hospitality Management; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Driftwood Hospitality Management is seeking a bar & lounge server to greet guests, prepare beverages, and act as cashier. You will maintain bar stock, process payments, and handle room service orders in a friendly, timely manner.

Responsibilities include cash handling, ensuring health standards, following safety procedures, and supporting other beverage staff as needed.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of State, Federal and Corporate liquor regulations.
• Hold a current Food Handler Card.
• Basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests and document drink orders, mix and present drinks.
• Maintain bar stock and set-up, stock beer, wine, spirits and supplies.
• Handle cash, balance charges and process vouchers.
• Take room service orders via phone, input into POS, and generate checks.
• Perform cleaning tasks and adhere to health standards and company policies.
• Follow safety procedures and report unsafe conditions or accidents.

Skills

Liquor regulations

Food Handler Card

Food & beverage knowledge

Cash handling / POS

English proficiency

Manual dexterity

Stock management

Customer service

Tools

POS system

Job description

Job DetailsJob Location: 727 - Nashville Hotel Preston - Nasheville, TN 37217To serve beverages and/or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner, resulting in guest satisfaction. Also, to prepare beverages for other server to supply to guests, and act as cashier for the lounge.

• Greet guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks. Mixes, garnishes and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.


• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar daily. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet.


• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.


• Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and ensures vouchers are properly executed, to balance all moneys.


• Locks up and stores all beverages, food and other equipment items, deposits cash drops and secures bank.


• Responsible for answering bar phone within three rings and correctly and courteously take room service orders. Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest and personnel guests, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.


• Performs general cleaning tasks using standard hotel cleaning products as assigned by your supervisor to adhere to health standards.


• Adheres to all company policies and procedures.


• Follows safety and security procedures and rules.


• Knows department fire prevention and emergency procedures.


• Utilizes protective equipment.


• Reports unsafe conditions to supervisor.


• Reports accidents, injuries, near-misses, property damage or loss to supervisor.


• Provides for a safe work environment by following all safety and security procedures and rules.


• All team members must maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance. (Specific standards outlined in team member handbook).


• Perform any related duties as requested by supervisor/manager.


• Assists other Beverage Personnel when need.


• needed.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of all State, Federal and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated guests.


• Hold a current Food Handler Card.


• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.


• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.


• Basic English language writing skills necessary for completion of requisitions, and vouchers.


• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock.


• Basic knowledge of the English language sufficient to understand inquiries from customers and communicate simple instructions.


• Ability to comprehend and apply written product labeling instructions to enable the safe application of products and processes within the hotel.


• Ability to remember, recite and promote the variety of menu items.


• Ability to operate beverage equipment, e.g., coffee maker.


• Ability to transport up to 30 lbs. through a crowded room on a continuous basis throughout the shift.


• Lifting Fifty (30) pounds maximum.


• Constant standing & walking required.


• Frequent twisting, bending, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing and smiling.