Server

Wolfgang Puck; New York (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Dining discounts across Wolfgang Puck

Job summary

The Server at CUT by Wolfgang Puck delivers exceptional, personalized service in a high-volume, upscale steakhouse. Strong menu knowledge, refined service technique, and anticipation of guest needs are essential as you work with front-of-house and culinary teams to ensure flawless execution from greeting through farewell.

Competitive hourly pay with tips, plus benefits and growth opportunities within a world-class hospitality group. Evening, weekend, and holiday availability is required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of serving experience in an upscale, fine dining, or high-volume restaurant.
• Steakhouse or luxury hospitality experience strongly preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to remain calm, focused, and gracious under pressure.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Flexible availability, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide warm, professional, and attentive service throughout the guest experience.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of the menu, including steaks, preparations, accompaniments, and wine/cocktail pairings.
• Accurately take and enter orders, pacing service appropriately for each table.
• Coordinate closely with kitchen and support staff to ensure timely, precise execution.
• Maintain a polished section, including table maintenance, resets, and side work.
• Handle guest questions, requests, and concerns with confidence and grace.
• Adhere to all service standards, safety, and sanitation guidelines.
• Represent the CUT and Wolfgang Puck brand with professionalism at all times.

Skills

Serving experience

Upscale dining

Communication skills

Calm under pressure

Job description

Job Summary

The Server is responsible for delivering exceptional, personalized service to every guest while upholding the standards of CUT by Wolfgang Puck. This role requires strong menu knowledge, refined service technique, and the ability to anticipate guest needs in a high-volume, upscale steakhouse environment. Servers work closely with the front-of-house and culinary teams to ensure flawless execution from greeting through farewell.

Job Summary

The Server is responsible for delivering exceptional, personalized service to every guest while upholding the standards of CUT by Wolfgang Puck. This role requires strong menu knowledge, refined service technique, and the ability to anticipate guest needs in a high-volume, upscale steakhouse environment. Servers work closely with the front-of-house and culinary teams to ensure flawless execution from greeting through farewell.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide warm, professional, and attentive service throughout the guest experience
• Demonstrate expert knowledge of the menu, including steaks, preparations, accompaniments, and wine/cocktail pairings
• Accurately take and enter orders, pacing service appropriately for each table
• Coordinate closely with kitchen and support staff to ensure timely, precise execution
• Maintain a polished section, including table maintenance, resets, and side work
• Handle guest questions, requests, and concerns with confidence and grace
• Adhere to all service standards, safety, and sanitation guidelines
• Represent the CUT and Wolfgang Puck brand with professionalism at all times

Pay: $17.00 / hour

plus tips

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of serving experience in an upscale, fine dining, or high-volume restaurant
• Steakhouse or luxury hospitality experience strongly preferred
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to remain calm, focused, and gracious under pressure
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Flexible availability, including evenings, weekends, and holidays

What We Offer

• Competitive hourly pay plus tips
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for eligible team members
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off
• Dining discounts across Wolfgang Puck restaurants
• Growth and advancement opportunities within a world-class hospitality group

Join a Culinary Icon

CUT by Wolfgang Puck is a globally recognized fine dining brand built on excellence, hospitality, and precision. If you take pride in your craft and are passionate about delivering elevated service in an iconic restaurant,

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for extended periods of time, twist at the neck and trunk, bend at the waist, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, reach overhead, above shoulders, and horizontally. Employees will use hands to handle objects and tools, and operate service equipment. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40-pound objects. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Employees may use vision to monitor food quality and quantity and may also order supplies, etc.

Work Conditions:

May require evening and weekend hours. While performing the duties of this job, the employee generally works in an indoor front of restaurant and kitchen environment with exposure to heat from ovens, hot foods and steamers and cleaning chemicals, fumes, equipment, and metal objects. You will usually be based indoors, splitting your time between the front of the restaurant and the kitchen. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but may be loud dependent on specific work site and/or equipment operation. The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.

Wolfgang Puck Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.