Restaurant Bartender

Crescent Hotels & Resorts; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Crescent Hotels & Resorts in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Bartender for our 703 bar+ Kitchen restaurant. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic, personable, loves food, and eager to learn; strong hospitality and a memorable guest experience are essential.

You will maintain bar setup, stock, greet guests, mix and garnish drinks, handle POS transactions, and ensure compliance with alcohol service rules. Team player mindset, reliability, and professionalism are required.

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate in English and provide friendly guest service.
• Experience in bartending or serving is preferred.
• Ability to stand for long periods and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to handle cash, make change and balance cash drops.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily bar setup and stock beer, wine, spirits, and condiments.
• Prepare garnishes and maintain freshness of produce.
• Greet guests, take and document drink orders, mix and present drinks.
• Operate POS and balance checks including cash handling.
• Lock up and store beverage and equipment; deposit cash drops.
• Adhere to state, federal and company alcohol service requirements.
• Attend work regularly and perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Hospitality focus

Team player

English proficiency

Cash handling

Food & beverage knowledge

Communication skills

Tools

Point of Sale (POS) System

Stock management

Job description

We are looking for a Bartender for our 703 bar+ Kitchen restaurant.

This position requires individuals who are enthusiastic, personable, love food, and has a willingness to learn.

What we are looking for: Strong focus on hospitality and creating a memorable experience for every guest

Professional and outgoing personality- Work as a team player to meet the demands of the restaurant.

Prior serving experience is preferred Crescent & Marriott Hotels guestroom discounts.

• 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 daily functions sheet
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.
• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks. Mixes, garnishes and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
• Abide by all State, Federal and Corporate requirements pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.
• Receives cash from guests, makes any change needed, verifies the validity of charges, records charges, and insures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all money.
• Locks up and stores all beverage, food and other equipment items, deposits cash drops and secures bank.
• Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.
• Perform any other job related duties as assigned.

Required Skills And Abilities:

Must have the ability to communicate in English. Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to “pitch-in” and help co- workers with their job duties and be a team player. 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. 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 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 stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, customers and patrons.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Customer Satisfaction:

Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

Work Habits:

In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality, and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.

Safety & Security:

The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to Crescent. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

Note:

This description excludes the non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job-related duties may be assigned by the associate’s supervisor. Furthermore, this description is subject to change, in the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an “at will” associate.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Behaviors

Preferred

• Functional Expert: Considered a thought leader on a subject
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group

Motivations

Preferred

• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Entrepreneurial Spirit: Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities