Shireen Tabar
Honolulu,HI
Summary
Professional server with a strong background in high-volume dining environments. Known for effective communication and collaboration with team members, ensuring operations run smoothly while maintaining a positive guest experience and adherence to dietary restrictions.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Server
Duke's Waikiki
Honolulu, Hawaii
05.2017 - Current
- Completed tasks efficiently in a high-volume setting.
- Explained menu options to guests, offered suggestions and took orders for food and beverages.
- Collaborated with other restaurant staff members to ensure efficient operations within the restaurant environment.
- Experience with dealing with allergies and guest requests, ensuring food and beverage are safe to serve and up to standard.
- POS and cash handling experience: Toast and Aloha.
- Developed and implemented standard operating procedures for the restaurant's dining room operations.
Server
Kahala Hotel
Honolulu, HI
08.2023 - Current
- Served multiple repeat hotel guests with high expectations, ensuring promptness and punctuality while doing so.
- Learned how to communicate information without blatantly telling guests "no," seeking alternatives, and other solutions instead.
- Performed opening and closing duties such as setting up the dining area, setting up and breaking down server stations, and restocking supplies.
Server
Blue Note Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
12.2015 - 05.2017
- Served in sectioned areas of the venue during performances while gaining knowledge in beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails.
- Moved with a sense of urgency due to a limited amount of time between seatings for performances.
- Effectively communicated with guests and fellow staff in a loud environment, ensuring that guests were still able to enjoy performances without being interrupted by service.
- Multitasked and prioritized running beverages, pacing out meals by course, and ensuring payments were prompt and accurate.
Education
Associate of Science - Psychology
Leeward Community College
Pearl City, HISkills
- Positive and professional
- Multitasking and organization
- Team member support
- Allergy awareness
- Cash handling
- Dietary restrictions knowledge
- Dining area maintenance
- Guest engagement
Timeline
Server
Kahala Hotel
08.2023 - Current
Server
Duke's Waikiki
05.2017 - Current
Server
Blue Note Hawaii
12.2015 - 05.2017
Associate of Science - Psychology
Leeward Community College