A Host, or Greeter, is responsible for welcoming customers to a food service environment and ensuring that they are seated and receive attentive service. Their duties include maintaining a waitlist of patrons during busy meal service, passing out menus and accepting phone calls.
Host duties and responsibilities
A Host’s duties primarily focus on ensuring the guests have a positive experience as soon as they enter the restaurant. Examples of Host duties and responsibilities include:
- Greeting customers as they walk into the restaurant
- Helping guests with reservations and guiding them to their table
- Giving guests accurate wait time estimates and seating them in the waiting area
- Providing customers with menus and answering any initial questions they may have
- Optimizing seating at different tables to ensure even workload for wait staff
- Answering phones and scheduling reservations with large parties
- help servers bus tables/run food if needed.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: From $17.50 per hour
Expected hours: 10 – 35 per week
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Physical setting:
- Bar
- Fine dining restaurant
- Upscale casual restaurant
Shift:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 4 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
Weekly day range:
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
- Rotating weekends
- Weekends as needed
Experience:
- Host/hostess: 1 year (Required)
- Restaurant: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person