Guest Service Team
Posted: 31 March, 2023Organization: JOEY Restaurant Group
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
This is about YOU. Your passion, purpose, and potential. In you, we seek humility, drive, confidence, and curiosity.
When you join the JOEY team, you can expect a warm, welcoming, exciting, and dynamic environment. We are
committed to training, educating, and empowering our People, and we live by our culture of People Development.
Our success is directly attributable to our exceptional, team-oriented, and performance-driven partners
(employees).
As a member of the Guest Service Team, you are responsible for creating world-class hospitality experiences from
the moment our guests enter through our doors. You exude genuine warmth and care and seek opportunities to
deliver the unexpected. You treat each guest as a VIP, delivering a highly orchestrated, seamless, and personalized
experience that is irresistible and unmistakably JOEY. Our Guest Services Team represents our Best & Brightest,
elevating social awareness and professionalism to unmatched levels.
• Duties
• Provide guests with friendly and attentive service throughout their dining experience. Impress them with
Iconic Hospitality from the moment they enter the restaurant!
• Exude professionalism and Genuine Warmth and Care towards guests and partners alike.
• Greet guests warmly and enthusiastically immediately as they enter the restaurant.
• Manage party sizes, reservations, and wait lists to handle guest needs, accurately quote wait times, and
maintain the flow of the restaurant.
• Escort guests to their table. Engage them in conversation, explain our online menu accessibility, and pass
along any pertinent information that may enhance their experience to their Server.
• Answer the telephone in a pleasant manner and respond appropriately to all inquiries.
• Assist with handling takeout orders. Ensure timeliness, accuracy, organization, and payment.
• Thank guests for visiting as they depart the restaurant and inquire about their experience.
• Resolve guest complaints with a sense of urgency, poise, and good judgment. It’s Your Business.
• Complete any assigned opening, side work, and closing duties to set your team up for success. Stock, clean,
and organize the guest service stand.
• Reinforce guest identification requirements and age restrictions for alcohol sales in accordance with state
law.
• Follow all safe food and alcohol handling procedures in accordance with state law.
Requirements
• 1-3+ years customer service experience (If you have high potential but less experience, we still want to meet
you!).
• Must have or be able to obtain valid local and/or state Food Handler and Alcohol Server/Seller permits.
• Possess a passion for hospitality and a proven track record of creating world-class hospitality experiences.
• Thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
Competencies
• Successful employees at JOEY are genuine, warm, and caring.
• They value honesty and conduct themselves with integrity.
• They are comfortable providing and receiving feedback to achieve personal growth and performance
excellence.
• They are natural problem solvers with an insatiable desire to positively impact individual and team
execution.
• They are passionate about quality and professionalism.
• They possess exceptional relationship building and communication skills.
• They encourage healthy and supportive competition within their team.
• They exude confidence, humility, and respect.
• They take pride in presenting a professional appearance and demeanor.
Benefits
• Career development, education, and growth opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, medical reimbursement plan, and Employee Assistance Program
(EAP) for benefit-eligible partners.
• Discounted employee shift meals.
• 10% discount for self and guests on all food and beverages when visiting any JOEY location.
• Discounted clothing retailer partnership.
• Referral bonus program.
• Sales competitions and rewards.
About JOEY Restaurants
The JOEY Restaurant Group exists to deliver the ultimate dining experience. Our handcrafted, locally, and globally
inspired menu offerings are created by award-winning chefs and presented by world-class hospitality leaders in
modern, warm, and lively environments. JOEY Restaurants has been family-owned and operated since 1992 and has
grown into an iconic multi-concept brand throughout North America, with continued growth and expansion planned
into 2030.
Our values shape every action we take and the decisions we make. JOEY Restaurants is all about opportunity and
our ongoing success is attributable to our exceptional, team-oriented, performance-driven partners, who are
constantly mastering their skill set. Our work environment is welcoming and inclusive, and our teams are passionate
and creative. We embrace honesty and humility and are encouraged to fail forward and learn from our mistakes.
Our industry-recognized performance-driven coaching culture paves the way for future leaders. Through ongoing
coaching and mentorship, we directly impact the continuous learning, growth, and development of our partners
throughout North America.
If you're looking for a place to meet your potential, we'd like to meet you. Roll up your sleeves... YOUR journey starts here.
JOEY Restaurants is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
JOEY Restaurants provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees, including due to
disabilities, medical conditions, and religious beliefs and practices.