Experienced and professional service staff required for a boutique hotel in Ipswich Suffolk. The ideal Candidates should have at least 2 years or more experience as a Waiter/Waitress. Join our friendly team and work in beautiful surroundings. You should have your own transport to get to work and back.
The job:

Provide customers with information on revolving menu items and daily specials.
Assist customers in seating and provide them with menus.
Greet customers as they arrive at the restaurant and inquire into their seating preferences.
Answer questions regarding menu items and ingredients and provide information regarding diet items and specials.
Gauge customers’ seating needs (by counting number of people in a party) and lead them to appropriate tables.
Take orders for breakfast, lunch and dinner and repeat taken orders to ensure accuracy.
Leave customers for a little time to give them a chance to choose from the menu but keep an eye out for customer calls.
Suggest appropriate wines and other beverages to go along with customers’ meals.
Maintain knowledge of any items that the kitchen may be running out of.
Inform customers about the time it will take for their orders to be prepared and served.
Relay orders to the kitchen and ensure that they are presented as per the menu description.
Check prepared orders for accuracy, portion size and ensure that they are served in a time efficient manner.
Prepare drinks according to customers’ instructions and serve then in a timely manner.
Ask customers if they would like anything else with their orders.
Assist in preparing checks for served meals and deliver checks to customers.
Take payment and tender any change
Make sure that tables are cleared, cleaned and bussed properly before the next set of customers arrive.

Skills:
Fluent spoken and written English
Friendly, courteous and engaging
Dependable
Proactive
Excellent customer service
Able to work days or evenings, weekends and holidays as required.
We offer:
A competitive salary dependant on experience.
Shared staff accommodation provided for the right candidate.
Share of Staff Tips
20 Days annual leave
Uniform
If you are willing to provide the highest service standards and are flexible, we would like to hear from you!