Host/Hostess

This posting is not for an immediate vacancy. We are accepting applications for future opportunities.

Are you ready for the best job ever?

Since Ruth’s Chris was founded in 1965, the most important ingredient in our recipe for success has been a team of hard-working people with a passion for creating special experiences for our Guests. We believe in treating our team like family and providing an environment where you can be yourself and grow professionally, while delivering hospitality as legendary as our steaks.

This is your chance to join the best of the best and start a career with endless opportunity, plus great benefits like:

• Dining discounts
• Training and exciting career growth opportunities
  
• Referral program – refer a friend and earn a bonus

Get Ready to Sizzle: From the moment our Guests Walk through our doors, you will exude the Hospitality Ruth’s Chris is known for, bringing your unique personality to each interaction. Our Hosts are the warm welcome when our guest arrive, and the last impression after an amazing dining experience that brings them back, again and again.

This role and you are the perfect pairing if you can:

• Provide a warm welcome to each & every Guest who calls or visits our restaurants
• Effectively coordinate and control our Guest flow at the door by enthusiastically greeting arrivals, seating, and providing a warm farewell to our departing Guests
• Demonstrate hospitality by walking our Guests to their table, and engaging them along the way
• Answer incoming restaurant calls in a friendly, professional manner
• Effectively communicate with Guests and your fellow Team Members
• Be a team player and work well with others.
• Assist the Manager on Duty in planning reservations and assigning parties to appropriate tables, stations and/or servers.
• Control the flow of business by practicing rotation seating, anticipating table turns and following the reservation and seating plan.

Requirements:

• Must be able to lift, handle and carry trays, small wares and equipment weighing anywhere from 25 to 100 pounds, depending on position.
• Must have a good sense of balance, be able to bend, kneel, stoop, reach and squat on a frequent basis to obtain and store food, beverage items, small wares and service equipment.
• Must be able to constantly stand and exert well-paced mobility for a period up to four hours in length.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and listen attentively to supervisors, employees and guests.
• Must be able to continuously use fingers to bilaterally operate point-of-sale equipment, prepare and serve food/beverage items.
• Must be able to work in an environment subject to extreme cold (30 degrees), heat (temperatures above 100 degrees), and loud noises from restaurant equipment and machinery, and fumes, odors, dust and smoke.

Disclaimer: Background checks, including employment history and criminal record checks, are part of the recruitment process. By applying, you consent to these checks as required by applicable laws.