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Server

Alo Food Group27 days ago
Toronto, ON
$17/hour
Mid Level
Part-time

Top Benefits

Discounted or free food
Store discount

About the role

Alo Food Group is hiring an experienced and passionate server with flexible scheduling availability. An understanding of wine and cocktails is a strong asset.

The ideal candidate in this role has unquestionable hospitality, a passion for all things food and beverage, and the ability to focus in a fast paced environment.

Servers are the first to establish a connection and relationship with our guests. They fully

understand that the guest experience is of the utmost importance. Their role is to guide guests

through our menus with correct, comprehensive knowledge of the dishes, cocktails and wines

that Alo Food Group restaurants offer. Servers take ownership of their tables. They

communicate as much as possible with the kitchen and fellow team members in order to give

the guest the best possible experience. Servers never show signs of distress, they are gracious

and genuine at all times.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Cleaning and setting up dining room

  • Stocking all service stations with pens, staples, lighters, notepads, debit rolls, etc.

  • Greeting guests with water and explaining details of the menu and any nightly specials

  • Taking orders and punching them in with appropriate modifications

  • Having first contact with chef and management regarding allergies or specific menu

modifications

  • Ensuring guests have drinks, condiments, and everything they need to have a great

meal

  • Ensuring bills are correct before presentation to the guest

  • Cleaning and resetting tables

  • Performing closing duties after all guests have left for the evening

  • Ensuring wine offerings are properly stocked and chilled for service

  • Ensuring payments are taken correctly and reports are accurate for management

  • Running food & beverages

  • Being confident selling, recommending, and pouring wine

  • Updating guests notes in the reservations system with succinct and pertinent information

  • Adding personal touches to ensure emotional connection with guests (celebrations are

noted, guests preferences are remembered, etc.)

  • Ensuring wine is properly stored after service, bottles are married, and empty bottles

removed

  • Ensuring the dining room is clean and organized after service, chairs and banquets

crumbed, all tables cleaned, etc.

  • Assist team with polishing at the end of service

Skills and Qualifications

  • Ability to stand, walk and maneuver for extended periods of time

  • Ability to lift and carry up to 40lbs

  • Positive attitude and a passion for providing excellent guest experiences

  • Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment

  • Organized with an acute attention to detail

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.20 per hour

Additional pay:

  • Tips

Benefits:

  • Discounted or free food
  • Store discount

Schedule:

  • 10 hour shift
  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Evening shift
  • Monday to Friday
  • Morning shift
  • Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

  • What is your desired weekly scheduling availability?

Experience:

  • Serving: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

  • Smart Serve (required)

Work Location: In person

About Alo Food Group

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The Alo Food Group creates and operates restaurants of regard in Toronto. Since the opening of Alo -- our fine-dining flagship -- in 2015, we have aimed to make luxuries approachable while elevating time-honoured favourites. We offer our guests a continuing relationship in venues where the deliciousness of the food is met by a passion for hospitality. Along with Alo, our portfolio of restaurants includes Aloette (2017); Alobar Yorkville (2018) and Alobar Downtown (2023); Salon (2019), an intimate space for private dining; Aloette Go (2021), a take-out-and-delivery-optimized version of the original; and Alo Catering (2022), which brings the Michelin-awarded food and service of Alo to events.