Host, Niku Steakhouse

Job Title: Host

Reports to: General Manager

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Compensation: $20hr plus tips, Medical, Dental, Vision

Location (Job Location): 

Niku, 61 Division St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Employment Type: 

Full-time or Part-time; Non-Exempt

Schedule (Work Hours): 

This position requires long days and will be required to work after business hours, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Company Overview: 

The Omakase Restaurant Group is the brainchild of co-founder and CEO Kash Feng, a Xi'an born entrepreneur with an inclination for hospitality. Multi-concept in nature, the Omakase Restaurant Group serves the Bay Area and prides itself on offering the highest caliber Asian and American cuisine that remains quintessentially Californian.

As a Host/Reservationist at Niku Steakhouse, your position is vital to our Michelin’s standard of success. You embody the guest’s initial experience, emotion and expectation of our restaurant the moment they walk through our doors. You have the unique opportunity to make each guest’s experience memorable and exquisite. This position requires excellent attention to detail, follow through and dedication.

Essential Functions include but may not be limited to: 

• Organizing the pace of the dining room, ensuring an even and measured flow for the nightly dinner service

• Updating and printing menus, reflecting daily and seasonal changes to our wine, cocktail and food programs

• Greet arriving guests, escorting them to their designated table and ensuring that they will be comfortable for their stay

• Updating and adding to diligent guest logs, enforcing the highest and most detail oriented guest experience. 

• Working closely with the General Manager to prepare for the evening’s guest list.

Requirements:

• High school diploma required

• Significant work experience in the hospitality industry with a preference in Hosting or Managing

• ServSafe certified

• Excellent communication skills

• High level of organizational skills

• Administrative skills preferred including knowledge of G Suite and Open Table

Work Environment:

This job mainly operates on the floor during restaurant hours.

Physical Demands: 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the Host/Reservationist to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this job, the Chef de Cuisine is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear. Frequently it is required to use hands and arms to reach, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The Chef de Cuisine is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. 

Host/Reservationist must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and be able to work in a sitting position for long periods of time.

The duties of this position may change from time to time. Omakase Restaurant Group reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of Omakase Restaurant Group or its managers. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

Omakase Restaurant Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, genetics, or any other federal/state protected category. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.