Waitresses have no formal educational requirements but many hold a high school diploma or equivalent. The main responsibility of a waitress or waiter is to take orders and deliver a pleasing experience to the patron. Waitresses should be friendly, move quickly, have a good memory and the ability to problem solve quickly.
These are some examples of job descriptions we have handpicked from real Waitress resumes for your reference.
Waitress
- Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.
- Check with customers to ensure they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems.
- Communicate with customers to resolve complaints or ensure satisfaction.
Waitress
- Discussed any new specials for the day with Manager/Supervisor.
- Greeted customers with enthusiasm and proficiently obtained drink and meal orders from customers.
- Observed customers for any additional requests and noticed when meal was completed to cash out promptly.
Waitress
- Managed dining room to ensure optimal guests experiences.
- Accurately recorded orders and partnered with team members to sere food and beverages that exceeded guests expectations.
- Assisted with administration work- processing cash/credit payments, keeping accurate client records.
Waitress
- Welcomed and acknowledge all guests in a friendly, service-oriented manner.
- Assisted guests with making menu choices in an informative and helpful fashion.
- Promptly served all food courses and alcoholic beverages to guests.
- Effectively communicated with kitchen staff regarding customer allergies, dietary needs and other special request.
Waitress
- Working as a waitress taught me to appreciate customer service and how to handle a fast paced work environment.
- As a waitress I was responsible for providing reliable customer service and generating an enjoyable environment.
- I was accountable for food time management as well as pay and check out services.
Waitress
- My job responsibilities were to greet the customers as they came through the door.
- I would go talk to them and request certain items off of our menu, I would then go put their order in on my register.
- Once the food got sorted onto trays, the other waitresses and I would run them to the tables the numbers on the ticket showed.
- I would make sure everything was to the customers exact liking once I dropped their food off.
Waitress
- Attend restaurant customers with a professional attitude.
- Received orders, served food/drinks and collected payment.
- Confirm with customers to make sure that they were enjoying food and take action to correct if any trouble.
- Presented and explained menus to customers, answered queries regarding restaurant items and informed them of daily specials.
Waitress
- Assist guess with making menu choices in an informative and helpful fashion.
- Appropriately suggested additional items to guest to increase restaurant sales.
- Effectively communicated with kitchen staff when needing help with food mistakes and customer allergies.
- Regularly checked on guest to make sure things were going okay or needed refills on drinks.
- Routinely cleaned table tops, floors, glassware, condiments and restaurant needs.
Waitress
- Presented and explained menus to customers – Answered questions regarding restaurant items and informed them of daily specials.
- Provided excellent customer service: Worked closely with restaurant staff to ensure that orders were served in an efficient manner – Orders were assembled properly in the kitchen and delivered to customers in a timely manner.
- Trained new staff regarding the restaurant’s procedures, culture and practices – Worked with staff members to provide team oriented service.
Waitress
- Experience by providing customer service.
- I worked in the front of the establishment taking customers’ orders and serving beverages and meals.
- I provided the best service of all the other servers by receiving a score of 90% over a one year cycle.
Waitress
- Take orders and serve food and beverages to patrons at tables in dining establishment.
- Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems.
- Communicate with customers to resolve complaints or ensure satisfaction.
Waitress
- Verify patrons’ identification to make sure that they meet minimum age requirements to purchase alcoholic beverages.
- Confirm with customers to make sure that they are enjoying food and take action to correct any problems.
- Collects the customers’ payments and prepares bills with itemized costs.
- Explains the preparation and cooking methods as well as ingredients of various menu items.