Server

Job Description

Job Description

Job Purpose:
To serve meals to patrons according to established rules of etiquette.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Serves ice water and/or coffee upon greeting the table.

2. Presents menu to diner, suggesting dinner courses, appropriate wines, and answering questions regarding food preparation.

3. Writes order on check or memorizes it.

4. Relays order to kitchen or bar and serves courses from kitchen and service bars.

5. Garnishes and decorates dishes preparatory to serving.

6. Serves patrons from dish at table on occasion.

7. Observes diners to fulfill any additional request and to perceive when meal has been completed.

8. Totals bill and accepts payment or refers patron to cashier.

9. Replenishes supplies and prepares for the next meal.

10. Takes the initiative to greet guests in a friendly and warm manner.

11. Other duties as assigned.

Job Skills:

1. Use arithmetic to total costs and make change.

2. Talk with different kinds of people to find out what services they want and to give them information.

3. Stand or walk for varying lengths of time, sometimes for long periods.

4. Move fingers and hands easily and quickly to handle things like dishes, money and merchandise.

5. Lift and carry things like heavy trays.