Cocktail Server
Job Description
Title: Cocktail Server
Job Location: Congress Hall Hotel - Cape May, NJ 08204 Salary Range: $10.00 per hour plus tips
Position Overview: Serve beverage (and occasionally food) items to customers in a friendly, enthusiastic, professional, and timely manner.
Responsibilities:
- Take orders for and serve all beverage requests, using suggestive selling techniques.
- Clear tables during service.
- Control guest checks and secure proper payment.
- Ensure station and table setups are complete and perform side duties as assigned by the Restaurant Supervisor.
- Maintain cleanliness of the bar area by disposing of waste, cleaning glassware, and wiping down bar and preparation areas.
- Participate in food serving and maintain cleanliness of the serving area.
- Restock fruit and supplies needed for servers.
- Wash all snack bowls and ashtrays and clean the coffee machine at the end of the shift.
Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum one year of high-volume beverage service experience.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to stand and move actively for up to 4 hours.
- Ability to lift trays weighing up to 30 pounds regularly.
- Must meet minimum legal age requirements to serve alcohol.
- Employees must maintain a neat, clean, and well-groomed appearance per Congress Hall standards.
Work Environment: Most tasks are performed indoors with moderate temperature control; however, occasional work in extreme temperatures (freezers at -10ºF or kitchens at +110ºF) may be required.
Note: This job description is not exhaustive and may include other duties assigned by management.