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Restaurant Host/Hostess Reviews
What is it like working as a Restaurant Host/Hostess?
June 2023
Ok.
Restaurant Host/Hostess in La Porte:
Pros: Interaction with guests
Cons: Guests that are messy and leave area in terrible condition for me to clean up
March 2023
I love dealing with all my customers.
Restaurant Host/Hostess in Tecumseh:
Pros: All the people through the drive throuh
Cons: the overall treatment from great employees verses the poor ones
October 2022
Fastpaced.
Restaurant Host/Hostess in Houston:
Pros: Flex time , people I work with
Cons: Extremely busy and I’m the only one to do all my work, at times need help
September 2022
Unappreciated.
Restaurant Host/Hostess in Gun Barrel City:
Pros: I get a discount on my food, and it's great to interact with the regulars, and meet new people.
Cons: There is no communication towards my field, and we are still expected to know what's going on with everyone all the time. Management complains when we need change for the drawer, and servers complain when they get sat two or three times in a few minutes. Everyone is stressed, there are constantly people coming in. They don't get to be skipped when it's their turn. We can't always clean off the servers' tables, but they still complain to us when it isn't done as if it were our job. That is their job and the job of the S.A.s, not ours. When servers go on break, they are supposed to make sure everyone knows so they don't get seated. They only tell each other completely forgetting to tell the people who are actually in charge of seating them. That's us, the hosts. Servers are supposed to tell the hosts when they go to the bathroom so we can get drinks for anyone we seat with them. They don't tell us that either, however. My job becomes increasingly difficult as I continue my employment. I am expected to do more and more, without any more pay.
The employee meal system is unfair. Cooks and dishwashers get a free meal everyday. Servers and host only get 50% off. Along with that, cooks could have literally anything they want, they just have to cook it. Everybody else has to order off of the menu. I see a cook come out with a delicious looking burger, but its not on the menu, so I can't have it.
August 2022
Awesome.
Restaurant Host/Hostess in Middletown:
Pros: I love Olive Garden, because it's like working with your family. You just know they care about you as a person.
Cons: Getting to work, since I have to ride the bus.
July 2022
Restaurant Host/Hostess in Honolulu:
Pros: The environment with the other workers are nice.
Cons: We do things out of what we are paid to do. Not enough workers
June 2022
Beautiful and small tourist city in the mountains that has a love for good food.
Restaurant Host/Hostess in Durango:
Pros: The different restaurants that I get to work in and the environments I get to experience. of course the food too!
Cons: Some people tend to be somewhat uptight because there are a lot of wealthy people that live here. The lack of opportunity since it's a small city.
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