Restaurant Manager

Muse Cafe | Cedar Park; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Bonus opportunities

Flexible scheduling

Growth opportunities

Employee discounts

Team leadership culture

Job summary

Muse Cafe | Cedar Park in Cedar Park, TX, is seeking an experienced Restaurant Manager to lead a hands-on team on the floor, ensure guest satisfaction, and keep operations running smoothly.

This role covers front- and back-of-house leadership, inventory and costs, food quality, and even hookah operations. You\'ll train staff, handle guest concerns, and help grow catering and local relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a restaurant team on the floor.
• Ability to oversee both front- and back-of-house operations.
• Strong focus on food quality, presentation, and portions.
• Experience with inventory, costs, waste control.
• Comfort with catering/local marketing activities.
• Willingness to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Lead, train, motivate, and hold the restaurant team accountable.
• Oversee daily front- and back-of-house operations.
• Ensure excellent food quality, presentation, portioning, and consistency.
• Step into kitchen/cook role when needed.
• Engage with guests, resolve concerns, and drive repeat visits.
• Maintain high standards for cleanliness, service, and food safety.
• Manage inventory, ordering, waste, food costs, and labor.
• Oversee hookah quality and staff training.
• Help grow catering sales and build relationships with local customers and businesses.
• Ensure equipment and restaurant facilities are properly maintained.

Skills

Team leadership

Guest relations

FOH & BOH operations

Inventory & cost control

Hookah knowledge

Catering/marketing exposure

Job description

Restaurant Manager - Hands-On Leader

Competitive Pay + Performance Bonuses | Growth Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced, energeticRestaurant Managerwho knows how to lead a team, take care of guests, and keep a restaurant running smoothly.

This is ahands-on leadership role. We want a manager who is comfortable being on the floor, checking food quality, interacting with customers, supporting the kitchen, and stepping into any position when the team needs help.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, train, motivate, and hold the restaurant team accountable

• Oversee dailyfront- and back-of-house operations

• Ensure excellentfood quality, presentation, portioning, and consistency

• Step into thekitchen/cook role when needed

• Engage with guests, resolve concerns, and help create repeat customers

• Maintain high standards forcleanliness, service, and food safety

• Manageinventory, ordering, waste, food costs, and labor

• Overseehookah quality, including preparation, flavors, heat management, and staff training

• Help growcatering salesand build relationships with local customers and businesses

• Ensure equipment and restaurant facilities are properly maintained

We're Looking For Someone Who

• Build strong customer relations by personally interacting with the customer

• Has restaurant management or strong leadership experience

• Understands bothFOH and BOH operations

• Knows what great food and great service should look like

• Has experience withinventory and cost control

• Is confident interacting with customers and coaching employees

• Is willing tojump in and help instead of managing from the sidelines

• Has hookah knowledge or lounge experience -strongly preferred

• Has catering or local marketing experience - a plus

• Can work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed

What We Offer

• Competitive pay

• Performance-based bonus opportunities

• Flexible scheduling

• Growth and advancement opportunities

• Employee discounts and perks

• A team environment where strong leadership is recognized

The Right Person for This Role

You don't just manage the restaurant-youown the shift. You notice when food quality slips, when a guest needs attention, when inventory is off, or when your team needs help.

If you're ahands-on leader who takes pride in great food, great hookah, great service, and a strong team, we want to meet you.