ServerBartender Georgetown GTX

Overview

• Title:
  
  SERVER/BARTENDER
• Reports to:
  
  Restaurant Manager FT/PT
• Summary of Position:
  Provide friendly, responsive service to create an exceptional dining experience for all of our guests. Each server and bartender's primary objective is to show our guests such a marvelous time that they will want to return again and again.

• Employee discounts
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development

• Server duties & responsibilities:
  Welcome and greet guests. Make all our guests feel comfortable and let them know you’re there to personally take care of them. Inform guests of specials and menu changes. Make recommendations you genuinely feel your guests will enjoy. Answer questions about our food, beverages and other restaurant functions and services. Be able to make wine suggestions to go with food orders.
  
  Take food and beverage orders from guests, enter orders in our point-of-sale system, which relays orders to the kitchen and bar. Deliver food and beverages from the kitchen and bar to guests promptly. Perform side work at the start and end of each shift as required by the service station assignment. Maintain clean service areas. Monitor and observe guests  dining experience.
  
  Ensure guests are satisfied with the food and service. Respond promptly and courteously to any requests. Prepare final bill, present check to guest, accept payment, process credit card charges, or make change (if applicable). Be ready and willing to assist fellow servers as situations arise. Be ready and willing to assist the busperson with clearing and resetting tables. Thank guests for their visit and invite them to return.
  
  Be available to fill in as needed to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the restaurant, as directed by the restaurant manager or immediate supervisor.
• Bartender essential functions:
  Fills drink orders, either taken directly from patrons at the bar or through servers. Responsible for station inventory and cash banks. Checks the identification of customers to ensure they meet the minimum age requirement for the purchase of alcohol and tobacco products. Prepares mixed drinks accurately, serves bottled or draught beer, and pours wine or other beverages. Stocks and prepares garnishes for drinks;
  
  maintains an adequate supply of ice, glasses, and other bar supplies; and keeps the bar area clean for customers. Collects payment, operates the cash register. Washes glassware and utensils. Serves food to customers who dine at the bar. Maintains an inventory of liquor, mixes, and other bar supplies at their station. Inform supervisor(s) of any inventory shortages. Serves and interacts with patrons.
  
  Answers phones and processes to-go orders. Operates juicers and other bar-related equipment to mix drinks. Adhere to the work schedule as assigned. Other duties as assigned.

• Minimum Qualifications:
  
  Communication skills that demonstrate friendliness and ease, adequate to directly serve and interact with customers.
• TABC certification.
• Food Handler certification.
• General knowledge of bar drink recipes and enthusiasm for craft.
• Quality customer service skills.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in restaurant front-of-house staff.
• Ability to work closely with other staff, at a consistently fast pace, while performing a variety of time-constrained tasks.
• Requires good memory to avoid confusing customers’ orders and to recall the faces, names, and preferences of frequent patrons.
• Basic POS skills to place orders and generate customers’ bills.

• Stands and walks behind the bar for the duration of the shift.
• Lifts and carries up to 25 pounds to stock the bar.