Waiter Ess- Westminster

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**Job Title**:Restaurant Waiter

**Location**: Pimlico

**Contract**: Full Time

**Salary**: £11.05+ to be discussed

**Job Overview**
- Greet and escort customers to their tables
- Present menu and provide detailed information when asked (e.g. about portions, ingredients or potential food allergies)
- Prepare tables by setting up linens, silverware and glasses
- Inform customers about the day’s specials
- Offer menu recommendations upon request
- Up-sell additional products when appropriate
- Take accurate food and drinks orders, using a POS ordering software, order slips.
- Communicate order details to the Kitchen Staff
- Serve food and drink orders
- Check dishes and kitchenware for cleanliness and presentation and report any problems
- Arrange table settings and maintain a tidy dining area
- Deliver checks and collect bill payments
- Carry dirty plates, glasses and silverware to the kitchen for cleaning
- Meet with restaurant staff to review daily specials, changes on the menu and service specifications for reservations (e.g., parties)
- Follow all relevant health department regulations
- Provide excellent customer service to guests

**Job Requirements**

If you love restaurants and have a passion for working with people and delivering a superb service Apply
- Proven work experience as a Waiter or Waitress would be beneficial, willing to learn
- Good communication skills.
- Attentiveness and patience for customers
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
- Active listening and effective communication skills
- Team spirit
- Flexibility to work in shifts.
- Ability to pay attention to details

**Staff Benefits**

1) Two meals a day while on shift.

2) Christmas and summer holidays

3) Four and half working days a week

**About the company**

Chinese Restaurant with Michlin reviews, famous for their dim-sum. Outstanding traditional food and décor.

**The Westminster Works Pledge**

**This employer has signed the Westminster Works Pledge, committing to the following**:
**REWARD**

We will provide good levels of pay, recognising the importance of each individual to the team, never paying below the London Living Wage

We will provide a range of additional benefits, beyond pay, to reward in ways that are important for each individual

We will be flexible in our working patterns and practices, striving to agree shifts that work for you and for us, giving us both more certainty

**RESPECT**

We will champion diversity and promote inclusion in our teams, and everything we do

We will adapt our practice to respect and respond to diverse needs and ensure that everyone feels included

We will always listen, respect and respond to issues and ideas raised by all our team members at any level

**PROGRESSION**

We will help you chose how to progress, identify opportunities, and get you on the right path

We will support your progression through training, learning new skills, and promotion

We will celebrate your successes with rewards and recognition for great team performance and personal achievement

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