Restaurant Bartender

Hotel Leveque; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative hotel is seeking a dynamic Restaurant Bartender to provide exceptional beverage service to guests. In this role, you will showcase your mixology skills and engage with guests to create memorable experiences. You will be responsible for preparing cocktails, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring guest satisfaction. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a sophisticated environment that values creativity and collaboration. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to providing outstanding service and enjoy perks like insurance and paid time off from day one.

Benefits

Insurance enrollment available from DAY 1

Paid time off available from DAY 1

Holiday pay available from DAY 1

Hotel and travel discounts

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Effective communication skills are essential for guest interactions.
• Knowledge of mixology is critical for preparing beverages.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the bar for service and stock essential supplies.
• Engage with guests to ensure satisfaction and handle requests.
• Maintain cleanliness of the restaurant and bar areas.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Mixology Knowledge

Customer Service

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

What's in it for you…

• Insurance enrollment available from DAY 1!
• Paid time off available from DAY 1!
• Holiday pay available from DAY 1!
• Hotel and travel discounts at worldwide destinations!
• Professional development and promotion opportunities!

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.

90 Room Hotel

Amazing, sophisticated hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana

Our 90-room lifestyle downtown Indy hotel features the newest rooftop bar in the area, upscale amenities, mouth-watering cuisine and Indy-inspired cocktails, craft brew and locally-sourced coffee.

Once inside, guests can expect a bold use of colors weaving through warm, open areas highlighting simple grids with elegant touches, dramatic texture with a hint of ruggedness and noteworthy art installations located throughout the hotel.

Hotel Indy is the foundation of a re-emerging downtown Indianapolis wholesale district and the ultimate gathering place for traveler and locals who seek an extraordinary Indy hospitality experience.