Restaurant Server Resume Examples & Samples

Restaurant Server Resume Sample

Ann Marie V. Martinez

Address:            2267 Stockton Ave., Sacramento, CA
Phone:                (916) 516-9645
Email:                  [email protected]
Current job:      Server; The Coconut Midtown, Sacramento, CA

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Objective

To find opportunities in the hotel and restaurant industry where I can grow and learn all aspects of the business while consistently extending my best efforts to provide guests great dining experience.

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Skills

• 5+ years experience as Food Server
• Associate Degree, Hotel and Restaurant Management
• Certification, Customer Service Training
• Certification; Hospitality and Food Service
• Bilingual; Spanish
• Physically Fit
• Excellent communication skills
• Team oriented
• Pleasing personality
• Excellent disposition
• Goal – oriented
• Highly organized
• Punctual

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Work Experience

Server, 2020 to Present
The Coconut Midtown, Sacramento, CA

Duties and Responsibilities

• Greets and welcomes guests to the restaurant
• Provides them with menu
• Gives recommendations on menu and specials of the day
• Answers all questions on menu items
• Liaisons with the kitchen to ensure prompt serving of all orders
• Ensures all tables are complete with utensils and dining ware.
• Checks quality of all food before serving
• Keeps track of total food orders per table
• Gets bill upon request from customer
• Assists other servers on the floor as needed
• Addresses all issues, concerns and complaints from customers
• Studies menu items and food preparation guidelines
• Ensures cleanliness of restaurant
• Prepares required reports and paperwork.

Server, 2017-2020
Elite Craft Brewery; Sacramento, CA

Duties and Responsibilities

• Greets and welcomes guests to the restaurant
• Provides them with menu
• Conducts up-selling of select menu items
• Provides recommendations on beer selections and food pairing
• Liaisons with the kitchen to ensure prompt serving of all orders
• Ensures all tables are complete with utensils and dining ware.
• Gets bill upon request from customer
• Checks quality of all food and drinks before serving
• Addresses all issues, concerns and complaints from customers
• Studies menu items and beer brewing process
• Ensures cleanliness of restaurant

Server, 2016-2017
Pink Elephant Diner; Sacramento, CA

Duties and Responsibilities

• Greets and welcomes guests to the restaurant
• Provides them with menu
• Conducts up-selling of select menu items
• Offers menu promos and specials
• Liaisons with the kitchen to ensure prompt serving of all orders
• Ensures all tables are complete with utensils and dining ware.
• Checks quality of all food and drinks before serving
• Gets bill upon request from customer
• Addresses all issues, concerns and complaints from customers
• Reviews menu items
• Ensures cleanliness of restaurant

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Education

Sacramento City College
Associate Degree, Hotel and Restaurant Management
Sacramento, CA
2012-2016; 3.6 GPA

Park Vista School
High School Diploma
Sacramento, CA
2008-2012, 3.8 GPA

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Courses

• Certification, Customer Service Training
• Certification; Hospitality and Food Service
• MS Office

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Personal information

• Single
• DOB 10/21/94
• Hobbies include cooking, exercise, reading

What to Write in a Restaurant Server Resume Objective

The success of a restaurant does not only depend on the quality of its food. It also depends on the quality of its service. Servers are the front line people in a restaurant. Not only are they tasked to provide customers an excellent dining experience, but they have to generate sales for the restaurant.

Restaurants want servers who are both career and customer-driven. Many restaurant managers and owners are looking for servers who want to build a career in the restaurant industry. These are ideal candidates because they will work harder at their job and ensure consistent performance every night.

In your Server resume objective, state your desire to find a job that will open up opportunities for a career in the food retail business. The job of a server is one of the entry points in the restaurant industry but it is the most challenging one. You are directly dealing with 2 entities every day: the customer and the restaurant. As a server you have the best vantage point to learn what a restaurant business is all about.

Thus, you should also state your objective to ensure prompt and great customer service to diners. Restaurant managers and owners want to hire people who look after their interest which is the overall experience of its patrons.

What to Write in a Restaurant Server Resume Skills Section

The job of a server may seem simple and one-dimensional but he or she wears many hats. A server is a customer service specialist, food connoisseur, bartender, front desk receptionist, marketing and advertising expert and sales person under one job title. In a fast-paced restaurant, the server could be alternately switching multiple hats during his or her shift.

Here the requirements you should include in your Server resume skills section:

• Educational attainment; a college degree is not a requirement to become a Server. If you have a high school diploma, present your GED score. Restaurant owners put a premium on those with higher education so they can be assured of competency levels.

• Certifications; if you have acquired other trainings related to the food business include them in your resume. It will save the restaurant manager and owner the time to train you further.  

• Ability to take and comply with instructions.

• Excellent communication skills; you will have relay the orders to the customers to make sure you wrote it down correctly.

• Pleasant personality.

• Positive disposition.

• Great decision-making abilities.

• Great listening skills.

• Good comprehension; you should be familiar with the menu and know it like the back of your hand.

• Ability to build good rapport with the customers.

• Highly organized; makes sure all orders are brought out promptly.

• Keen eye for detail; you should know when customers need a water refill, have their tables cleaned or ask for dessert.
• Intuitive; you should be able to tell by looking at the customer if they need anything else or if something is not right with the food or service.

• Physically fit; you are constantly moving around carrying plates, trays, pitchers of water and other restaurant dining ware.

• Ability to manage stress; the work of a Server is very stressful. Not only are you tasked to get the right orders served promptly but you are the initial point of contact with the restaurant. Customers expect you to resolve issues from your end without having to talk to the manager.

• Know how to recommend food to customers.

• Well-mannered and respectful.

• Well-groomed and practices good hygiene.

If you are serious about becoming a Server, you should have these skills to assure your prospective employer you can manage your area in the restaurant.

What to Write and Not to Write in the Restaurant Server Resume Experience Section

Restaurant owners know that the job of a Server is temporary. The tenure of many Servers does not last months or even more than a year. This is because those who become Servers often use it as an entry point to a restaurant career. Some move on to the kitchen or accept offers from restaurants for higher positions.

Thus, it is understandable to have an extensive work experience as a Server. And while the scope of responsibilities of Servers is hardly differentiated, the nature of the restaurant may highlight a more diversified skill set.

Always make it a point to go into detail when you write down your list of responsibilities in your work experience. Include the standard skill requirements such as:

• Greeting customers
• Providing menus
• Taking down orders
• Give suggestions on specials
• Serve food promptly and accurately

But you should also include responsibilities that differentiate your work. These could be as follows:

• Up-selling select menu items
• Give suggestions from the wine or craft beer list
• Educate or inform diners on the establishment’s unique propositions
• Train or assist other Servers
• Conduct inventory

You can include your work experience in other industries. But if these are not related to the food retail business, do not go into detail. It may only serve to distract the attention of the person who will interview you for the job.
We are confident that our Server resume sample will help catapult your application to the top of the list. Please review our suggestions on resume objective, skills, and experience before starting your draft. The resume will get your foot in the door. But what it contains will determine whether the door will be opened for you completely.