Bistro Server

Kinseth Hospitality Companies • Council Bluffs, IA

101d

About The Position

The Bistro Server is responsible for serving food and beverages to patrons in a dining establishment. This role includes presenting the menu, answering questions, and suggestively selling food and service. The server will write orders, relay them to the kitchen, and ensure timely delivery of food to customers. Additional responsibilities include garnishing dishes, checking IDs for alcohol service, observing diners for additional requests, collecting payments, and maintaining a clean and organized work area.

Requirements

• No specific knowledge, education or training required to accomplish the essential functions of this job.
• Ability to read, comprehend and follow simple instructions given either orally or in writing.
• Ability to write simple messages/notes/letters.
• Ability to communicate clearly in person, via telephone and in writing.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions, volume, basic weight and decimals.
• Ability to count, add, multiply, calculate change using American units of money.
• Ability to accurately handle cash, credit cards and checks.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

• Presents menu, answers questions, and suggestively sells food and service.
• Writes order on check or memorizes it.
• Relays order to kitchen and runs food out to customers to ensure it is timely, hot and correctly prepared.
• Garnishes and decorates dishes preparatory to serving.
• Cards all patrons that appear to be under the legal drinking age and refuses to serve alcohol to minors.
• Uses good judgement in not serving alcohol to intoxicated patrons.
• Observes diners to quickly respond to any additional requests and to determine when meal has been completed and ensure guest satisfaction.
• Collects money for food and drinks served and accurately makes change using prescribed cash handling procedures.
• Ladles soup, tosses salads, portions pies and desserts, brews coffee, and performs other services.
• Busses and sets tables in restaurant according to standards, completes side duties as assigned and assists other wait staff as needed to ensure guest satisfaction.
• Maintains a clean, organized and appropriately stocked work area.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision and other benefits available after 60 days
• DailyPay
• 401k
• Paid Training
• Paid PTO
• Referral program
• Discounts at all Kinseth Hotel Corporation hotels and restaurants

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Accommodation