SERVER
Ouzo Blue
Royal Palm Beach, FLORIDA
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Provided excellent customer service by anticipating needs and responding promptly to requests
- Greeted and accommodated guests, building positive experience from rst interaction
- Demonstrated ability to interact with customers in a friendly and professional manner
- Prioritized multiple tasks in dynamic environment and stayed calm and composed
- Used good communication skills to reduce guest dissatisfaction
- Checked in with guests throughout meal service, replenishing drinks and catering to additional requests
- Displayed enthusiasm and knowledge about restaurant's menu and products
- Assisted with training of new staf members
- Cleaned and sanitized hands and surfaces to optimize food safety and comply with health department regulations
- Processed payments and completed register transactions accurately
- Used focus and memorization skills to keep track of tables and remember orders
- Resolved customer complaints and inquiries in a timely manner
- Prepared and served food and beverages to customers
- Exercised focus and concentration to keep track of tables and remember orders
- Delivered customer checks and securely processed credit card or cash payments
- Monitored food and beverage levels to satisfy customer needs
- Encouraged guests to buy additional items such as appetizers, drinks, and desserts
- Informed kitchen of special dietary needs or requests, delivering personalized meal options
- Executed seamless front-of-house tasks, creating unforgettable dining moments resulting in customer loyalty
- Jotted down customer orders and promptly delivered food and drinks
- Created and maintained optimal communication chain, reducing guest dissatisfaction
- Attended company and restaurant required trainings and meetings, improving skills
- Followed alcohol awareness procedures for preventing intoxication and dealing with intoxicated guests
- Persuaded or inuenced guest purchase by enticing with higher margin items and add-ons
- Attended company and restaurant trainings and meetings to improve serving skills
- Recorded transactions in point of sales system to deliver prompt service
- Resolved complex technical problems in a timely fashion utilizing problem-solving skills
- Performed system administration tasks such as user account management, patching, backups, and security updates
- Monitored server performance using tools like Nagios or SolarWinds Orion NPM for proactive maintenance activities
- Efectively managed large parties by providing ecient, attentive service while ensuring accuracy with orders
- Utilized teamwork skills to collaborate efectively with kitchen staf during busy periods
- Memorized frequent customer preferences to build relationships and loyalty
- Listened to customer concerns and complaints and quickly rectied issues
- Responded promptly to guest complaints or concerns to maintain positive relationships between restaurant management and patrons
- Answered telephones to take reservations or to-go orders
- Checked on guests to verify satisfaction with each course
- Removed dishes and glasses from tables or counters to take to kitchen for cleaning
- Assisted with training new wait staf members to ensure proper procedures were followed at all times
- Presented menus to answer questions about items and make recommendations
- Set up linens, dishes, and silverware to prepare tables for customers
- Suggested additional items to customers to increase restaurant sales
- Swept and mopped oors and removed trash
- Informed customers of daily specials
- Described ingredients and cooking methods to explain preparation of various food items
- Wrote patrons' food orders on order slips or entered orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staf
- Filled condiment, salt and pepper, and napkin containers
- Prepared checks to itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes
- Prepared hot, cold and mixed drinks for patrons and chilled bottles of wine.