Position: Cocktail Server
Location: The Joule, Dallas, TX
Overview: The Cocktail Server is expected to provide timely, courteous service with guest satisfaction as the primary goal. They are responsible for promoting specials and upselling.
Responsibilities:
- Complete opening/closing checklist according to standards.
- Welcome guests, take their drink orders, relay orders to bartender, process orders, deliver to guests, and receive payment.
- Have knowledge of garnishes for each drink.
- Process credit card and room charges.
- Clear and clean tables when guests leave, return glasses to be washed.
- Keep lounge area clean and free from debris at all times.
- Follow all cash handling policies, and prepare closing report for night audit.
- Perform all side work duties as scheduled.
- Have full knowledge of state liquor laws.
- Be familiar with the computer system.
- Help the bartender prepare drinks when needed.
- Assist bartender with hors d’oeuvres tables for cocktail hour in setup and breakdown.
- Ensure overall guest satisfaction.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent and/or experience in a hotel or related field preferred.
- Must be of legal age to serve alcoholic beverages, according to local laws.
- Flexible with long hours sometimes required.
- Light work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 pounds frequently.
- Ability to stand during entire shift.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, in an attentive, friendly, courteous, and service-oriented manner.
- Ability to listen to, understand, and clarify concerns raised by employees and guests.
- Approach all encounters with guests and employees in a friendly, courteous, and service-oriented manner.
- Effective problem-solving skills, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as necessary.