Lead Host

Huse Culinary; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 22,041 - 24,796; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Personal days

Health insurance

401k match

Employee discount

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Huse Culinary is seeking a Lead Host for its Paradise Valley location opening August 2026. You will be the face of the restaurant, greeting guests and guiding them to tables, ensuring a smooth dining experience from arrival to departure.

Responsibilities include managing reservations, coordinating seating, and communicating with servers and management to balance table assignments. Prior lead-host experience and OpenTable familiarity are preferred for this role.

Qualifications

• Prior Lead Host experience preferred.
• Experience with OpenTable preferred.
• Experience in high-volume upscale dining preferred.

Responsibilities

• Greet guests warmly upon arrival, manage reservations, and coordinate seating to ensure a smooth and organized dining room flow.
• Communicate effectively with servers and management to balance table assignments and maintain accurate wait times.
• Provide guests with menus, answer basic questions about the restaurant, and ensure guests feel welcomed and attended to from the moment they arrive.
• Maintain the host stand, reservation system, and waiting area while delivering professional, polished first and last impressions for all guests.

Skills

Lead Host experience

OpenTable experience

High-volume dining

Tools

OpenTable

Job description

The role of a Lead Host is to delight our guests, be the face of the company, and ensure a smooth dining experience from the time someone walks into the restaurant to the time they leave. A typical shift includes greeting guests, escorting them to their tables, managing wait-time, answering phones, and taking reservations. Operate and troubleshoot reservation software.

Location: Harry & Izzy's Paradise Valley (Opening August 2026!)

What You Will Do

• Greet guests warmly upon arrival, manage reservations, and coordinate seating to ensure a smooth and organized dining room flow.
• Communicate effectively with servers and management to balance table assignments and maintain accurate wait times.
• Provide guests with menus, answer basic questions about the restaurant, and ensure guests feel welcomed and attended to from the moment they arrive.
• Maintain the host stand, reservation system, and waiting area while delivering professional, polished first and last impressions for all guests.

What You Will Bring

• Prior Lead Host experience preferred
• Experience with Open Table preferred
• Experience in high-volume upscale dining preferred

What We Bring To The Table

• $17 per hour
• Paid time off
• Personal Days
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance options
• 401k with 4% company match
• Generous employee discount
• Opportunities for growth