Host DS
Skills
About this role
We’re hiring warm and engaging people to join our HOST team, who will provide exceptional guest service! Saturday and Sunday availability is required.
A Few of Our Host Benefits:
• Restaurant Discounts • Employee Assistance Program - Focusing on a Commitment to Mental Health & Wellness • Paid Vacation for Qualifying Employees • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance • Dental & Vision Insurance • Life, Accident Protection & Critical Illness Insurance • Domestic Partner Benefits • 401(k)
Summer House on the Lake will be open daily for lunch and dinner service, with weekend brunch available Saturdays and Sundays to follow after opening. The California-inspired menu is reminiscent of the overall Summer House brand and includes simple, seasonal ingredients specific to the local Florida market. The full-service restaurant will also include three outdoor patios with one area overlooking Lake Buena Vista, an in-house bakery counter called The Cookie Bar featuring the brand’s famous cookies and baked goods, and an extensive wine and handcrafted cocktail list that offers a selection of alcoholic and nonalcoholic to-go drinks on-tap that can be enjoyed around Disney Springs property. No matter the weather, the bright and airy vibes always fill the atmosphere. Whether you’re in for date night, a family get-together, or brunch with friends, summer is waiting for you on the other side.
HOST JOB DESCRIPTION
Hosts are responsible for the initial, warm greeting and seating of guests, answering telephones, taking reservations and messages, maintaining accurate guest counts and wait times and saying goodbye to all guests. Assist with Coat Check duties as directed.
Essential Functions
• Warmly greet and seat guests in the restaurant • Answer telephones, and take orders, messages and reservations • Available to work a variety of hours, days and shifts, including weekends • Safely and effectively move chairs, tables, highchairs and booster seats • Safely and effectively use and operate all necessary tools and equipment • Ability to communicate in English in order to perform and follow job requirements in written and spoken direction • Multitask calmly and effectively • Work in a confined, crowded space of variable noise and temperature levels • Able to move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds • Ability to stand and walk for an entire shift and move safely through all areas of the restaurant, which may include stairs, uneven or slick surfaces
Key Responsibilities and Duties