Server Job Description Sample Template
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Server Job Summary
We are seeking a personable server to join our team. In this position, you will create an intimate and high-quality dining experience for guests. You will answer customers' questions, assist them with their choices, take their orders, and deliver their meals with a smile. We are looking for a candidate who is warm, and calm under pressure, and who knows how to be a team player and works with urgency throughout the shift.
Server Duties and Responsibilities
- Greet tables promptly
- Answer questions about menu items
- Accurately take customer orders and relay them to the kitchen staff
- Facilitate filling drink orders with the bar
- Gracefully suggest/upsell additional menu items, such as desserts and drinks
- Offer special assistance to patrons with specific needs, such as highchairs for children
- Memorize the menu for on-demand recitation and questions about ingredients
- Operate the drink fountain and coffee station
- Use the POS system to accurately calculate the patron's bill
- Sidework
- Closeout all checks at the end of every shift
Server Requirements and Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED preferred
- 1+ years wait staff experience preferred
- Basic math skills
- Willingness to work weekends, evenings, and holidays
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds
- Familiarity with restaurant POS software a plus
- Ability to thrive in an active, noisy, and demanding environment
- Interest in shift work
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