What are the responsibilities and job description for the Server/Bartender position at Restaurant Little Havana?
A Little About Us
Little Havana is more than a restaurant.
We are a small, family-owned community business built around food, culture, people, and the simple idea that sharing a meal can bring people together. We want our guests to feel that from the moment they walk through the door. That's where our Front of House team comes in.
About the Role
We're looking for someone interested in serving, bartending, or learning both.
We are seeking an energetic and personable Server/Bartender to join our vibrant hospitality team. In this role, you will deliver exceptional customer service by taking orders, serving food and beverages, and crafting innovative cocktails in a lively, fast-paced environment. Your enthusiasm and attention to detail will ensure guests have memorable experiences, whether they’re enjoying a fine dining meal, sampling craft beers, or celebrating special occasions. This position offers an exciting opportunity to showcase your mixology skills, expand your beverage knowledge, and contribute to a welcoming atmosphere that keeps guests coming back.
What Hospitality Means to Us
We don't believe great service has to feel scripted. We want you to have personality. Talk to people. Learn their names. Make recommendations. Laugh with them when the moment is right. Notice when someone wants to chat—and also recognize when a table would rather enjoy their evening quietly.
Great hospitality is about paying attention. It's remembering the guest who always orders the same drink. Noticing that someone has been waiting before they need to wave you down. Making sure a new guest understands something on the menu. Catching a small mistake before it becomes a bigger one.
We can teach our menu, our cocktails, our POS system, and the way we do things. What is harder to teach is genuine care for people. That's what we're hoping you bring with you.
Duties
- Welcoming guests and helping them feel at home
- Taking orders and guiding guests through our food and drink menu
- Serving food and beverages with attention to timing and presentation
- Preparing cocktails and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages when working the bar
- Taking care of guests seated at the bar
- Entering orders and handling payments accurately through our POS system
- Preparing and maintaining your assigned service or bar area
- Checking in with guests without making their experience feel rushed or overly formal
- Bussing and resetting tables as part of keeping service moving
- Communicating closely with the kitchen and your teammates
- Keeping service areas clean, organized, and stocked
- Following alcohol-service, food-safety, and sanitation requirements
- Helping teammates when you have the opportunity and they need an extra hand
Who We'd Love to Meet
- Experience is valuable, but we're also very interested in who you are and how you work with people.
- We'd love to meet someone who is warm and genuinely hospitable, responsible, attentive to details, and comfortable bringing their own personality to the guest experience.
- Someone who can read the room—who knows when a guest wants recommendations and conversation and when they simply want to enjoy their dinner.
- Someone humble enough to keep learning. You don't have to walk through our doors knowing everything. We'd much rather have someone who asks questions, accepts feedback, shares what they know, and is curious about what they don't.
- And someone who understands teamwork.
- Being part of a small restaurant doesn't mean everyone has to do everything at once. It means we notice each other. If you're having a crazy night behind the bar, someone helps you. If a server suddenly gets several tables at once, we don't watch them struggle. We help.
- That's the kind of team we're continuing to build.
Be part of this wonderful small business community.
Working for a small community business is different. You aren't one employee among hundreds, and our guests aren't just table numbers. You'll get to know regulars. You'll meet people from our community. You'll be part of birthdays, celebrations, dinners between friends, first dates, family gatherings, and sometimes just someone's Tuesday night mojito.
Your ideas can be heard. Your personality can become part of the experience. And the relationships you build with guests can be one of the reasons they decide to come back. Join us if you’re passionate about delivering outstanding hospitality experiences! We value energetic team players who thrive in dynamic settings and are eager to grow their skills in a supportive environment. All positions are paid roles committed to fostering a lively atmosphere where your talents shine.
We don't expect perfection, and we don't expect you to know everything on your first day.
We'll teach you our menu, our drinks, our systems, and the Little Havana way of doing things. We ask that you bring curiosity, responsibility, humility, attention to detail, good energy, and a genuine desire to take care of people.
Because at Little Havana, we're not only serving food and drinks.
We're creating a place where people want to come back—and we hope our team feels the same way.
(Salary includes base tips)
Pay: $10.00 - $27.00 per hour
Expected hours: 18.0 – 25.0 per week
Work Location: In person
Salary : $10 - $27