Host - PM & Weekend AM

Aba - Nashville; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant Discounts

EAP & Wellness

Paid Vacation

BCBS Medical

Dental & Vision

Life & Accident Insurance

Domestic Partner Benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Aba Nashville is hiring hosts for weekend brunch and daily dinner shifts, welcoming guests with warmth and guiding them to seats.

Located in the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood, Aba is a Mediterranean restaurant with a California influence, featuring a beverage program of regional wines and spirits.

Join a caring, creative team with strong benefits, ongoing training, and opportunities for growth at Lettuce Entertain You.

Qualifications

• Warmly greet and seat guests in the restaurant.
• Answer phones, take reservations, and manage messages.
• Ability to work varied hours, including weekends.
• Move chairs, tables, and assist with coat check as needed.
• Stand for the shift and maintain a clean, safe dining area.

Responsibilities

• Ensure guest experience exceeds expectations and anticipate needs.
• Greet guests with a warm, sincere smile.
• Assist with clearing, cleaning and resetting tables; maintain restrooms.
• Answer telephones and take orders, messages, and reservations.
• Follow service steps and safety guidelines.

Skills

Warm greeting

Guest seating

Telephone handling

Multitasking

English communication

Job description

We are hiring people to join our team as HOST STAFF for both weekend brunch and daily dinner shifts!

A Few of Our Host Benefits:

• Restaurant Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program - Focusing on a Commitment to Mental Health & Wellness
• Paid Vacation for Qualifying Employees
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life, Accident Protection & Critical Illness Insurance
• Domestic Partner Benefits
• 401(k)

Located in the Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood, Aba, meaning father in Hebrew, is a Mediterranean restaurant with a California influence. With locations in Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, and Nashville, TN, the menu features Top Chef Alum, Chef Partner CJ Jacobson’s modern approach to Mediterranean cooking and the beverage program showcases spirits and rare wines from lesser known Mediterranean regions.

Caring. Creative. Careers. Join the Lettuce Entertain You team! Our 100+ restaurants are nationally recognized for great food and service and as great places to work. We hire and care deeply for people with creativity, passion and the drive to be the best. And we reward our teams with top notch benefits, career-long training and development and opportunities for growth. If you want a career at a progressive company with a long-standing commitment to people, join our caring and creative team. EOE. We participate in E-Verify / Participamos en E-Verify

HOST JOB DESCRIPTION

Hosts are responsible for the initial, warm greeting and seating of guests, answering telephones, taking reservations and messages, maintaining accurate guest counts and wait times and saying goodbye to all guests. Assist with Coat Check duties as directed.

Essential Functions

• Warmly greet and seat guests in the restaurant
• Answer telephones, and take orders, messages and reservations
• Available to work a variety of hours, days and shifts, including weekends
• Safely and effectively move chairs, tables, highchairs and booster seats
• Safely and effectively use and operate all necessary tools and equipment
• Ability to communicate in English in order to perform and follow job requirements in written and spoken direction
• Multitask calmly and effectively
• Work in a confined, crowded space of variable noise and temperature levels
• Able to move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand and walk for an entire shift and move safely through all areas of the restaurant, which may include stairs, uneven or slick surfaces

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Ensure the overall guest experience exceeds expectations and anticipate guests’ needs
• Greet guests with a warm, sincere smile
• Use tact and good judgement when dealing with guest challenges and respond to guest needs with patience and courtesy
• Assist with clearing, cleaning and resetting tables and maintain restrooms
• Sell and accurately account for gift cards
• Answer telephones, and take orders, messages and reservations
• Use proper phone and voicemail etiquette and guidelines
• Understand and respond knowledgeably to questions about the restaurant and menu
• Follow all steps of service
• Understand and follow the food allergy procedure and special orders/restrictions
• Proficiency in the use and operation of all necessary tools and equipment, including the reservation, telephone, paging and voicemail systems
• Comply with all safety and sanitation guidelines and procedures
• Successfully complete alcohol awareness training
• Follow all rules, policies, procedures and conditions of employment, including those outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Get along well with others and be a team player
• Other duties will be assigned as needed