Restaurant Bartender

Hotel Leveque; Greenville (NC); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking hospitality company as a Restaurant Bartender, where your mixology skills and customer service expertise will shine. In this dynamic role, you'll create delightful beverage experiences for guests while maintaining a vibrant bar atmosphere. Your proactive approach will ensure guest satisfaction and enhance the restaurant's vision. Be part of a team that values collaboration and creativity, all within a welcoming environment that celebrates diverse talents. This is an exciting opportunity to grow in the hospitality industry and make a lasting impact on guest experiences.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of mixology and beverage menus.
• Proactive in handling guest needs and resolving challenges.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the bar for service and stock essential supplies.
• Engage with guests to identify needs and ensure satisfaction.

Skills

Mixology

Communication Skills

Customer Service

Problem Solving

Job description

stir it, shake it, mix it, blend it, pour it, top it, now refill it.

Compensation: Starting at $15.00 per hour, plus tips

About this job...

Restaurant Bartenders provide attentive, dynamic, and inspiring beverage service for our restaurant guests. Thorough knowledge of mixology, the restaurant food and beverage menus, and recommended pairings is critical to success. Restaurant Bartenders must be proactive in handling guest needs, be highly engaging, service-oriented, and take a creative approach to problem solving. The primary responsibility of a Restaurant Bartender is to deliver and exceed guest expectations, execute the restaurant vision, resolve challenges, and maintain excellent communication with guests, peers, and supervisors.

What you'll be doing...

• Prepare the bar for service by cleaning guest and service spaces and stocking essential supplies for ease of use. Retrieve liquor based on requisition.
• Learn details on each menu item to provide food and beverage recommendations to guests, highlighting unique restaurant offerings and specials.
• Prepare cocktails and other beverages to specification with accuracy, honoring special requests and ensuring guest delight.
• Effectively engage and build rapport with guests to identify needs and ensure guest satisfaction.
• Proactively communicate special needs or requests and take ownership to resolve guest challenges, working collaboratively with the restaurant team.
• Maintain cleanliness of restaurant spaces throughout and after shift, completing side work and stocking as needed or assigned.
• Always maintain professionalism consistent with restaurant and company expectations.
• Know and communicate restaurant emergency procedures; inform and assist guests in emergencies.
• Take on additional tasks as necessary or assigned by restaurant leadership.

Requirements...

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Must be able to speak, read, and write in primary language(s) used in the workplace
• 8+ hours per day; stand and walk frequently throughout the workday
• Lift, lower, and maneuver up to 30 pounds frequently
• Reach, bend, stoop, and pivot frequently throughout the workday

About First Hospitality...

Founded in 1985 and based in Chicago, First Hospitality is a forward-thinking hotel development, investment, and management company. First Hospitality’s strategic vision is to create value for all through excellence and an openness to doing things differently.

First Hospitality seeks to attract and retain a high-performing and diverse workforce in which employee’s differences are respected and valued to better meet the varying needs of the customers we serve. FH fosters an inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration, flexibility, and fairness. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Located just beside the hotel lobby, our easily accessible coffee and wine bar carries the rich legacy of the original Hobnob for eighty years. Enjoy light conversations over locally roasted coffee and curated wines.

Hobnob Coffee and Wine Bar is named after the original Hobnob eatery from the 1940s. Open to guests and locals alike, the bar provides a casual ambiance of the European countryside and approachable downtown elegance.