Job Description
Description Position Summary:
This position requires a professional, high-energy Bartender with excellent communication skills who serves classical cocktails and exciting new beverages to our guests while upholding the hotel's standards of cleanliness and hospitality. The Bartender will greet guests, learn about their preferences, answer questions, recommend menu items, and prepare and serve beverages and food. Additional responsibilities include upselling items, creating recipes, utilizing proper equipment and ingredients, and handle basic cleaning duties.
As a professional Bartender, you should have a neat appearance and engaging, friendly personality. You should be efficient, observant, knowledgeable, and personable.
Type: Hourly, Part-time
Pay rate: $17.25/hr + tips
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Welcoming guests, reading, and listening to people to determine beverage preferences, making recommendations, and taking beverage and food orders.
- Up-sell additional products when appropriate.
- Working knowledge of current and seasonal beverage and food menus.
- Working knowledge of current recipe book and consistent execution of standardized recipes.
- Present menus, answer questions, and provide recommendations on cocktails, wine, other beverages, and food.
- Planning beverage menus and informing guests about new beverages and specials.
- Selecting and mixing ingredients, garnishing glasses, and serving beverages to guests per recipe.
- Checking identification to ensure guests are the legal age to purchase alcohol.
- Monitor guest behavior and consumption to ensure safe alcohol service; follow responsible alcohol service guidelines.
- Collaborate with barbacks, servers, and kitchen staff to ensure seamless service.
- Taking inventory and ordering supplies to ensure bar and tables are well-stocked.
- Adhering to all food safety and quality regulations.
- Handling cash, credit, and debit card transactions, ensuring charges are accurate and returning correct change to patrons, balancing the cash register.
- Maintaining a clean work and dining area by removing trash, cleaning tables, and washing glasses, utensils, and equipment.
- Developing new cocktail recipes.
- Greet Guests and attend to them in a polite friendly manner.
- Have and maintain knowledge of facility, surrounding area, prices and menu items offered. It is also important to have knowledge of the preparation of our menu items and where our products are sourced from.
- Maintain cleanliness of bar menus and organization of menus.
- Communicate efficiently with management, service staff and guests
- Have and maintain working knowledge of the POS (Toast) to correctly complete transactions efficiently and minimize mistakes.
- Complete opening, running and closing side-work duties.
- Uphold all standards for cleanliness, service, and guest satisfaction.
- Adhere to all hotel policies, health regulations, and safety standards.
- Greet each guest with a good attitude and a smile.
Qualifications:
- Possess excellent communication skills.
- Understands and follows written directions.
- Must be able to provide legible communication.
- Works cooperatively in a team environment.
- Must be comfortable learning new skills.
- Can perform calmly under pressure.
- Uses critical thinking reasoning skills to solve problems quickly.
- Manages time effectively.
- Passing score on a pour test.
Skills and Attitudes:
Must be motivated, hard-working, and passionate and have the ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities.
Must have the ability to:
- Able to work at a rapid pace while maintaining attention to detail, ability to multi-task.
- Must be skilled in time management.
- Must exhibit an excellent service attitude and be willing to go out of their way to accommodate the guests and exceed their expectations.
- Must show enthusiasm for the job and for the restaurant.
- Must be considerate, patient, and willing to help fellow employees.
- Must have a good self-image and be able to command the respect of the employees.
- Must be able to tolerate pressure and work calmly and efficiently during busy times.
- Must handle guest complaints according to restaurant policies and procedures.
- Possess the highest work ethics, personal morals, and honesty beyond reproach.
Education:
Must have one or more of the following:
- Minimum of 2 years Bartending in the hospitality industry. Example: hotel, restaurant, nightclub, etc.
- Equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:
- San Diego County Food Handlers Card (must be turned in within 30 days of employment).
- Anti-harassment and nondiscrimination 1-hour class.
- RBS - Responsible Alcohol Service (must be turned in when training concludes)
Physical Requirements: - Must be able to sit, stand or walk for up to 8 hours at a time.
- Must be able to lift at least 50 pounds safely and properly.
- Must be able to bend, stoop and climb.
- Must be able to push and pull.
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Part time,