Bar Attendant (Weekend Shift)

This is a floor job at a hotel restaurant in Umlazi where your tips follow your service. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

You'll be based at a hotel restaurant in Umlazi. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Start is planned for the beginning of next month.

• Mix cocktails, pour draught and serve shooters to spec at the bar.
• Take orders on the POS tablet and read them back to avoid kitchen mistakes.
• Split bills, process card payments and handle tip-outs at the end of shift.
• Clear, wipe and reset tables fast during the Friday and Sunday rush.
• Greet guests, seat them and hand over menus within a minute of arrival.

• Quick with basic maths and card machines
• Happy to work nights, weekends and public holidays
• You speak clear English and can chat easily with guests
• Grade 10 or higher; matric is a plus

• Wine knowledge from a WSET Level 1 or wine farm stint
• A second language such as isiZulu, isiXhosa or Afrikaans

• Paid menu and wine tastings so you can sell with confidence
• Uniform supplied and laundered
• You keep your own tips, paid out daily or weekly
• Late-shift lift home within a set radius

• Recruiters ask about a difficult table, so have one real story ready about how you turned it around.
• Put the names of the restaurants you worked at and your average covers per shift at the top of your CV.