Server

About the role

Thrive Restaurant Group is a family-owned restaurant company with over 50 years in business. We operate as Legacy Applebee’s, emphasizing community impact and hospitality. This role is ideal for someone seeking to learn business, leadership, and hospitality in a fun, family-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver food and drinks and provide ongoing service to guests.
• Greet guests, answer questions, and suggest menu items and service options.
• Create a friendly and upbeat atmosphere through interactions with all guests.
• Relay orders to the service bar and kitchen via the point-of-sale computerized register system.
• Observe and respond to guests’ needs or requests promptly.
• Present guest checks and facilitate payment, including making correct change or completing charge card procedures.
• Clear and reset dining room tables as needed.

Requirements

• A desire to care for others, grow, and learn.
• A positive attitude.
• Ability to clean table tops, table legs, pick up debris from floors, and wipe down booth seats throughout the restaurant.
• Frequent transport of plates, glasses, and baskets between the dining room, service bar, and kitchen (approximately 30 times per shift).
• Reading, writing, basic math, and verbal communication skills.
• Mobility required throughout the entire shift.
• Ability to transport glass racks and cases up to 25 pounds (e.g., a case of beer) up to 15 times per shift.

Physical Requirements

• Navigate throughout the restaurant and communicate with guests.
• Move and grasp items up to five pounds regularly.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Bend and stoop as needed.
• Adequate vision to maintain cleanliness standards and operate a touchscreen.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

In this role you are paid the tip credit minimum wage, plus tips. Actual take-home pay varies based on availability.