Host / Hostess

Thrive Restaurant Group•Alexandria, VA
•Onsite

About The Position

HomeGrown is a daytime eatery that emphasizes kindness, teamwork, and personal development. This position is an hourly role with tip share, offering a schedule that ensures team members are off by 3:30 pm daily, with no dinner shifts. The company values local partnerships for fresh, quality ingredients and fosters a culture of "Cultivating Kindness." HomeGrown is part of Thrive Restaurant Group, a family-owned company with over 50 years of experience, committed to making a difference in the community and providing a fun, family atmosphere for learning business, leadership, and hospitality.

Requirements

  • A positive attitude and desire to learn and grow.
  • Friendly and upbeat personality.
  • Able to place plates, utensils, pans and cases on high and low shelves.
  • Reading, writing, and verbal communication skills required.
  • Ability to follow directions exactly as expected.
  • Ability to work fast, safe, efficient, and accurately for periods of up to 10 hours per day.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Mobility required during the entire shift.
  • Ability to carry bus tubs full of dishes and miscellaneous items from tables throughout the restaurant.
  • Able to respond in emergency situations to avoid imminent dangers to self and others.
  • Regularly required to navigate throughout the restaurant and communicate with guests.
  • Regularly required to move and grasp items up to five pounds.
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Must be able to bend and stoop.
  • Must have adequate vision to discern cleanliness and operate a touchscreen.

Responsibilities

  • Communicating with other host/hostesses, bussers, servers, bartenders, and management to ensure tables are updated in the seating system and readily available.
  • Maintaining the seating system and waitlist.
  • Answering the phone.
  • Providing exceptional service for take-out orders.
  • Pre-bussing tables when all dirty tables are clean.
  • Bussing/cleaning tables inside the restaurant, on the patio, and helping clean the bar top as needed.
  • Replacing sanitizer in spray bottles and buckets.
  • Cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing work areas before, during, and after shifts.
  • Assisting with stocking glassware, water bottles, plate ware, silverware, dishes, etc.
  • Completing assigned daily and weekly cleaning projects.
  • Completing the daily restaurant maintenance program.

Benefits

  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Medical insurance for full-time team members
  • Tip share
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