Host/ Hostess

Mizu 21 Restaurant in Canton, CT is looking for one host/hostess to join our team. Our ideal candidate is a self-starter, ambitious, and engaged.

Position Summary

The Host provides warm, friendly, and immediate greetings to guests at the door. Seats, and presents clean menus to guests in a friendly, professional, and quick manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Greet and seat guests, present menus to guests and inform them of special menu items
• Treat guests in a manner to ensure their complete satisfaction
• Run the floor plan board
• Observe tables and keep track of clean, dirty, and occupied tables
• Take guest information for waiting list and quote wait time to guests accurately when tables are not immediately available
• Clean, organize, and stock menus at host area
• Answering the phones, take the orders and book reservations
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Friendly and outgoing personality. Excellent communication skills (verbally interacts with management, servers, team members and guests)
• Must be able to read, write, and determine wait time based on company's procedures
• Must visually scan restaurant for clean, unoccupied tables
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multitask
• Knowledge of workplace safety procedures

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is continuously standing during the entire shift. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; walk; sit; stoop; bend; reach with hands and arms; wash hands and answer phones. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee will occasionally encounter hazards, including slipping and tripping. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.