Restaurant Bartender - Regent Santa Monica Beach

InterContinental Hotels Group; California, Santa Monica (MO, CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in luxury hospitality is seeking a skilled Bartender to join their dynamic team. This role offers the chance to showcase your mixology expertise while delivering outstanding service to guests at a stunning beachfront resort. You'll be responsible for crafting exquisite cocktails, providing personalized recommendations, and ensuring a memorable experience for each guest. If you're passionate about hospitality and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity allows you to be part of a supportive team dedicated to excellence. Join a company that values your contributions and offers a range of benefits to enhance your career in the hospitality industry.

Benefits

Healthcare support

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k matching

Hotel discounts

Discount programs

Qualifications

• Expertise in mixology and beverages with strong communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team and maintain clean workspaces.

Responsibilities

• Serve guests with exceptional hospitality and maintain service standards.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure guest satisfaction.

Skills

Mixology

Communication Skills

Food and Wine Knowledge

Teamwork

Education

Minimum 2 years of fine dining mixology experience

Job description

Regent Santa Monica Beach, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ luxury and lifestyle portfolio, presents a new era of indulgence offering 167 opulent guest rooms and suites. Introduced at a generous 720 square feet, rooms feature spa-like and luxurious bathrooms complete with a soaking tub, walk-in rain shower, double vanity and Perricone MD products, alongside thoughtful mementos through distinct Regent hallmarks.

Poised along a coveted coastline overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the resort celebrates the allure of unexpected harmony through contrasts, delivering inspired stays with a seamless blend of timeless elegance and modern luxury.

Job Summary:

The Bartender serves as the main point of contact for guests at the bar, responsible for preparing and serving mixed drinks, wine, and food. Key duties include making menu suggestions, delivering orders, explaining dishes, recommending wines, and monitoring guest satisfaction. The role requires expertise in mixology and beverages, strong communication skills, and the ability to work well with a team to ensure smooth operations and excellent service.

Reporting to the Director of Restaurants and Restaurant Assistant General Manager, every day is different, but you’ll mostly:

• Promote the Restaurant Group and Regent’s service philosophy and style through our people attributes.
• Deliver exceptional hospitality to all guests, ensuring attentive, polished, and courteous service at all times.
• Maintain clean, organized workspaces.
• Uphold company and service standards; assist with food, beverage, and wine manuals.
• Lead and support front-of-house team; manage bar service and guest preferences.
• Collaborate with bartenders, sommeliers, and managers; facilitate FOH and BOH communication.
• Describe dinner features and menu changes; handle beverage and food orders.
• Provide training on cocktails and spirits; onboard new hires.
• Participate in pre-shift meetings; learn new menu items.
• Deliver exceptional service; develop rapport with guests.
• Answer guest inquiries about menu, food, wine, and other concerns.
• Work closely with servers to ensure guest satisfaction and accommodate dietary needs.
• Expedite food to the bar; maintain cleanliness and safety standards.
• Ensure products are prepared and served according to restaurant standards.
• Assist with seasonal cocktail creation and bar inventory.
• Handle juicing and batching recipes to restaurant standards.
• Restock ice, bus used plates and glassware, and remove trash at end of shift.

What we need from you:

• Minimum 2 years of fine dining mixology experience, within a luxury hotel bar experience a plus.
• Extensive Food and Wine Knowledge.
• Must be minimum age to serve alcohol.
• Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Knowledge of appropriate table settings and service ware.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space.
• Flexible schedule, able to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• This position necessitates participation in a pooled tip system, where you contribute to tipping out the support staff and other essential colleagues.

What you can expect from us:

The hourly pay rate for this role is$18.00 to $20.50, plus tips. This rate is only applicable for jobs to be performed atRegent Santa Monica Beach. This is the lowest to highest pay scale we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual colleagues share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve.

In return, we'll give you a competitive financial and benefits package which may include healthcare support, dental, vision, disability and life insurance support, and a matching 401k plan. Hotel discounts worldwide are available as well as access to a wide variety of discount programs and the chance to work with a great team of people. Most importantly, we'll give you the room to be yourself.

IHG is an equal opportunity employer: Minorities / Females / Veterans / Disabled.