Waitron

Dream Resorts; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Olifants River Lodge, part of Dream Hotels & Resorts, is seeking a friendly restaurant assistant to support kitchen and front-of-house operations. You will help with cleaning, food prep, serving, and order control to maintain the brand's high standards.

Experience isn't required; your duties include setting tables, taking orders, serving drinks, repeating orders, and presenting the bill, all while upholding hygiene and guest satisfaction in a busy lodge environment.

Responsibilities

• Setting tables with candles, plants, clean cutlery and glasses.
• Removing dirty cutlery, crockery, ashtrays, bottles and glasses before seating guests.
• Maintaining neat appearance and high personal hygiene.
• Keeping the restaurant tidy at all times.
• Offering guests drinks after seating them.
• Taking orders and serving drinks.
• Repeating orders to ensure accuracy.
• Ensuring plated food matches guest orders.
• Presenting the bill to guests.

Skills

Customer service

Hospitality

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Job description

Olifants River Lodge is ideally positioned between Joburg, Pretoria, and Mbombela (Nelspruit). This extensive property features ample accommodation choices (245 beds) to suit all budgets, along with resort-style facilities, conferencing, and banqueting venues. Olifants River Lodge is managed by Dream Hotels & Resorts, a mixed‑use accommodation group working towards greater accountability and local impact. Together, we’re on a mission to actively create a brighter future.

Dream Hotels & Resorts lives by its 8 core values. Our team is dedicated to being reliable and accountable, fostering empathy to understand others' feelings and collaboratively find solutions, and prioritizing sustainability in environmental, financial, and social aspects. Rooted in humanity, trust, dynamism, excellence, and joy, we celebrate diversity, prioritize integrity, embrace creativity, pursue quality, and foster a joyful work environment to connect people with our surroundings and each other. These play a part in our day‑to‑day decision making & operational requirements.

Job Overview

To assist the kitchen staff by assisting with the cleaning, preparation, service, ordering and control of food, cooked or uncooked and ancillary items to the agreed standards laid down by the Company

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring that tables are set correctly, and that they have candles in the evening, as well as plants / flowers, clean cutlery and glasses.
• Responsible for ensuring that all dirty cutlery, crockery, ashtrays, bottles and glasses are removed from the table before that guest is seated
• Always maintaining a neat appearance and high standard of personal hygiene
• Ensuring that the restaurant is always tidy
• Ensure to offer the guests something to drink once they have seated themselves down
• Take orders from guests, obtain and serve drinks
• ALWAYS repeat guests order to ensure it is correct
• Ensure the food that is plated coincides with the guest's order
• Ensuring the food that is plated is presentable (no spillage on plate, no oil, no red juice from meats, garnishes etc.)
• Present guest with their bill /