DTVB Bartender

Harmony Hospitality, Inc.; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmony Hospitality, Inc. in Virginia Beach seeks a Bar/Bartender to set up and stock the bar, mix drinks, greet guests, and ensure guest satisfaction while upholding hotel standards.

You will manage garnishes, communicate orders, handle POS transactions, and maintain beverage records in a fast-paced hotel environment.

Qualifications

• 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, and balance cash.
• Basic English writing skills for requisitions, balance sheets and vouchers.

Responsibilities

• Maintains proper and adequate bar setup daily, stocking beer, wine, spirits, and supplies based on F&B projections.
• Maintains stock and freshness of garnishes, juices and perishables to ensure quality.
• Greets guests courteously and addresses them by name when possible.
• Promotes and documents drink orders.
• Prepares garnishes and presents drinks using standard recipes with portion control.
• Inputs orders into POS and creates checks for guests.
• Maintains accurate records of all beverages served and processes transactions.
• Stores and secures beverage and equipment, manages deposits and bank drops.

Skills

Bartending

Cash handling

Customer service

English writing

Menu knowledge

Garnish preparation

Education

High school diploma preferred

Job description

Description

• Responsible for set-up, mixing of drinks, service and clean up of bar area while enduring quality service, guest satisfaction and the achievement/maintenance of hotel standards and profit maximization.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the Food and Beverage Department as per guest occupancy.
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to insure product quality.
• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, addresses the guest by name whenever possible.
• Promotes and documents orders for drinks.
• Mixes garnishes and presents drinks suing standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest.
• Maintains an accurate record of all beverage items served.
• Processes cash, credit card and/or voucher transactions, makes change as needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and insures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all monies.
• Stores and secures all beverage, food and other equipment, deposits cash and vouchers, drops and secures bank.

Required Skills And Ability

• 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, balance sheets and vouchers.
• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock.
• Ability to read, speak and understand the English language in order to communicate with guests and take orders.
• Ability to remember, recite and promote the variety of menu items.
• Ability to operate a keyboard and point of sale procedures to pre-check an order and close out a check.
• Ability to work stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time.

Required Education And Experience

• Education - High school diploma preferred.
• Experience - Bartending experience required.

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an employee in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.