Bartender

The Bridges Golf Club; San Ramon (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bridges Golf Club is seeking an enthusiastic Bartender to greet guests, assess preferences, and craft beverages that complement our menu. You will upsell items, assist with menu planning, and ensure accuracy and speed during service.

Ideal candidates bring a neat appearance, friendly demeanor, and strong interpersonal skills, with ability to multitask, manage time, and uphold food safety standards while balancing cash transactions.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma and pass state age requirements.
• Ability to greet customers, assess preferences and upsell items.
• Knowledge of beverage preparation, cleanliness, and safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Welcomes customers and takes drink orders.
• Plans drink menus and informs customers about new beverages and specials.
• Mixes ingredients, garnishes glasses and serves beverages.
• Checks IDs to ensure legal drinking age.
• Maintains stocked bar and supplies; reports low items.
• Balances cash and processes transactions.
• Develops new cocktail recipes.
• Maintains clean work and dining areas and washing utensils.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Time management

Math skills

Computer skills

Drink mixing tools

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Bartender

The Bartender will greet customers, learn about their preferences, answer questions, recommend menu items, and prepare and serve beverages and food. You will also upsell items, create recipes, utilize proper equipment and ingredients, and handle basic cleaning duties.

To succeed as a Bartender, you should have a neat appearance and engaging, friendly personality. You should be efficient, observant, knowledgeable, and personable.

Bartender Responsibilities:

• Welcoming customers, reading and listening to people to determine beverage preferences, making recommendations, and taking drink orders.
• Planning drink menus and informing customers about new beverages and specials.
• Selecting and mixing ingredients, garnishing glasses, and serving beverages to customers.
• Checking identification to ensure customers are the legal age to purchase alcohol.
• Taking inventory and ordering supplies to ensure bar and tables are well-stocked.
• Adhering to all food safety and quality regulations.
• Handling cash, credit, and debit card transactions, ensuring charges are accurate and returning correct change to patrons, balancing the cash register.
• Maintaining a clean work and dining area by removing trash, cleaning tables, and washing glasses, utensils, and equipment.
• Developing new cocktail recipes.

Bartender Requirements:

• High School Diploma.
• Additional education, training, certificates, or experience may be required.
• Meets state minimum age to serve alcohol.
• Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Positive, engaging personality, and professional appearance.
• Basic math and computer skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong task and time management abilities.
• Eye for detail and understanding of drink mixing tools and techniques.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, etc for extended periods, and lift up to 25 lbs.