Server

Thrive Restaurant Group Career Center; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 12,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrive Restaurant Group is seeking a server to provide warm, attentive service in a family-oriented environment. You will greet guests, take and relay orders, deliver food and beverages, and ensure a memorable dining experience. The role emphasizes a positive attitude, mobility, and teamwork to support busy shifts.

In this position, you are paid the tip credit minimum wage plus tips. Actual take-home pay varies with guest tips and availability, reflecting the casual, hospitality-driven culture

Qualifications

• Desire to care for others and learn.
• Positive attitude and friendly demeanor.
• Ability to greet guests, take orders, and upsell food/drinks.
• Mobility to move around the dining area and carry items.

Responsibilities

• Deliver food and drinks to guests and maintain service throughout the meal.
• Greet guests, answer questions, and make menu suggestions.
• Relay orders to bar/kitchen via POS system.
• Observe guests and respond to needs; present checks and process payments.
• Clear and reset dining room tables between guests.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Mobility

Team player

Positive attitude

Verbal communication

Math basics

Job description

Thrive Restaurant Group is a family-owned restaurant company that’s been in business for over 50 years, and we’re looking for the next member of our family. We are committed to making a difference in the lives of the people we serve and the communities in which we live. If you want to work in a fun family atmosphere and are interested in learning business, leadership, and hospitality, this is the place for you.

In Applebee’s, we’re known as Legacy Apple. Applebee’s has become synonymous with the neighborhood, which inspires us to be a good neighbor in the communities we serve, not just a great place to eat. Whether we’re helping save a high school prom, or raising money for children battling cancer, we’ve given over $5 million to strengthen the lives and relationships in our communities. Our guiding value is “Be a Good Neighbor”.

Role: Server

Invitation: To make a difference by loving people with food. You’d be responsible for creating a memorable experience by serving food, drinks, and caring for guests’ needs in a way that makes them want to come back.

Specific Responsibilities and Duties

• Deliver food and drinks and ongoing service to guests.
• Greet guests, answer questions and make suggestions regarding food, drinks, and service.
• Interact with all guests creating a friendly and upbeat atmosphere.
• Relay orders to service bar and kitchen via the point-of-sale computerized register system.
• Observe and serve guests responding to any needs or requests.
• Present guest checks to each table and facilitates payment. Makes correct change and/or completes the proper charge card procedure.
• Participates in the clearing and resetting of dining room tables.

Qualification Standards

• A desire to care for others, grow, and learn.
• A positive attitude.
• Ability to wipe down table tops, table legs, pick up debris off of the floor and wipe down booth seats in all areas of the restaurant.
• Transports plates, glasses and baskets to and from the dining room, service bar, and the kitchen about 30 times per shift.
• Reading, writing, basic math, and verbal communication skills required.
• Mobility required during the entire shift.
• Transports glass racks and cases up to 25 pounds (such as a case of beer) up to 15 times per shift.

Physical Requirements: There are physical demands that come with this role. To be successful in this role you’ll be regularly required to 1) navigate throughout the restaurant and communicate with guests, 2) move and grasp items up to five pounds, 3) occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, 4) bend and stoop. You must have adequate vision to be able to discern cleanliness throughout the restaurant and operate a touchscreen. To perform these essential functions, reasonable accommodations may be made if you have disabilities.

Thrive Restaurant Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Tennessee locations use E-Verify per state requirements.

In this role you are paid the tip credit minimum wage, plus tips. This is an average estimate, only, and actual take home pay varies based on availability.