Seasonal Server
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ETC
Santa Monica, CA, US
Summary
The server is responsible for taking food and beverage orders, ensuring accurate entry into the POS system, and providing prompt, professional service to guests. They must also assist with seating, maintain health and safety standards, and resolve guest concerns effectively.
Job Description
Patio del Mar is a casual, upscale al fresco bistro located at the historic Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, offering direct, front-row views of the Pacific Ocean and beach. It specializes in fresh, locally sourced seafood, including ceviche, lobster rolls, and oysters, alongside light bites, salads, and refreshing cocktails for lunch and sunset dining.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Seasonal Patio del Mar Server - Effective May 15, 2026 to Mid September
To take food and beverage orders from guests and to serve same in a prompt, friendly and professional manner.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
To take guest food and beverage orders and to serve each round with guest check. Assure that all drinks and food items are recorded properly on POS. To offer menus when requested. To help seat guests. Shall request identification when legal age is in question.
THE REQUIREMENTS:
•Ensures guest satisfaction in Restaurant Service Operations
•Performs all service procedures in an exemplary manner
•Adheres to department and ETC standards
•Ensures knowledge of food to be served at Patio del Mar
•Communicates clearly and effectively with Charm and Courtesy
•Is familiar with and able to offer and up-sell beverages and extra options
•Maintains excellent standards of Health and Safety in line with hotel policy and CAL/OSHA requirements
•Maintains a teamwork orientation toward and among co-workers
•Responds to guest concerns and questions and resolves to guest’s satisfaction by trouble shooting or directing guest complaints to appropriate department head for prompt action
****This role is primarily outdoors and requires comfort working in a range of weather conditions while maintaining a positive, guest-focused attitude****
•Minimum TWO Years working in * Fine dining, high-volume experience
•Must have a current food handler's card
•Clean work habits and attention to detail
•Resourceful and well organized
•Ability to multi-task & maintain poise and a sense of humor amidst a fast paced and demanding environment
•Possess basic math skills and have the ability to handle money and operate a point-of-sale system, punctuality and regular and reliable attendance
•Standing and walking six to eight-hour shifts
•Required, and must have open availability, weekends, and holidays.
•Luxury hospitality experience highly preferred.
A global leader in the manufacturing of lighting and rigging technology, ETC employs nearly 1400 people in 13 corporate offices around the world. ETC is proud of its industry reputation for unmatched technical and customer service, 24/7/365. And with a family of over 300 authorized service centers throughout the world, staffed by hundreds of certified technicians, customers are never far from an ETC resource with a face and a name.
ETC develops professional tools and makes them accessible to everyone. Their products are found in small and large venues worldwide, such as theatres, churches, restaurants, hotels, schools, television studios, casinos, theme parks, and opera houses.
Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975, ETC was begun with the passionate belief that there was a better way to make a lighting control console. A small group of university students challenged themselves by creating a microprocessor-based console that outdid other boards on the market at the time. That entrepreneurial spirit grew into an award-winning business.
To learn more about ETC and our history of innovation, visit www.etcconnect.com.
Founded
1975
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Middleton, Wisconsin
A global leader in the manufacturing of lighting and rigging technology, ETC employs nearly 1400 people in 13 corporate offices around the world. ETC is proud of its industry reputation for unmatched technical and customer service, 24/7/365. And with a family of over 300 authorized service centers throughout the world, staffed by hundreds of certified technicians, customers are never far from an ETC resource with a face and a name.
ETC develops professional tools and makes them accessible to everyone. Their products are found in small and large venues worldwide, such as theatres, churches, restaurants, hotels, schools, television studios, casinos, theme parks, and opera houses.
Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975, ETC was begun with the passionate belief that there was a better way to make a lighting control console. A small group of university students challenged themselves by creating a microprocessor-based console that outdid other boards on the market at the time. That entrepreneurial spirit grew into an award-winning business.
To learn more about ETC and our history of innovation, visit www.etcconnect.com.
Founded
1975
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Middleton, Wisconsin
