Why us?

The High Horse Restaurant + Bar and Bidwell Hotel is seeking a Dining Room Attendant to join our team in serving guests with creativity and passion!

Work Where You Belong!

The Bidwell is a luxury hotel in downtown Portland offering guests easy access to the city’s shopping, dining, and top attractions. Those seeking a quintessentially Portland flavor enjoy our hip High Horse restaurant and bar featuring an elevated selection of regionally inspired food and drinks. When a relaxing oasis is the destination, our exclusive M Club Lounge is the perfect spacious yet cozy refuge. Groups are served with VIP status in our event space, and private dining room. Our staff is tuned in to discover how we can personalize the guest experience to put The Bidwell and High Horse Restaurant + Bar among great memories shared and repeated.

Responsibilities of Support Staff:

• Assisting the front-of-house team in setting up the dining area before service

• Running food, beverages, and other items to guests both in dining room and to rooms promptly and with attention to detail

• Clearing tables, resetting them, and ensuring they are clean and presentable for the next guests

• Being attentive to guests' needs throughout their dining experience

• Collaborating with the entire team to maintain a smooth flow of service

• Helping behind the bar grabbing beer and wine, loading beverage dishwasher

• Maintaining cleanliness and organization in the dining area and workstations

• Greeting guest kindly, warmly, and promptly

Job Requirements:

• 1+ years prior restaurant experience

• Basic restaurant-related knowledge, including safe food handling, sanitation, and cleanliness standards

• A passion for delivering outstanding customer service

• Excellent communication skills and a friendly, positive attitude

• Ability to work well under pressure and handle busy shifts with efficiency

• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask effectively.

• Ability to stand on feet for long periods of time and comfortably lift 20 lbs

• Open availability - must have evening and weekend availability

High Horse offers:

• Competitive pay structure with a tip and service fee share.

• Retirement planning program with a company contribution match.

• Flexible scheduling, with the option of a 3-day workweek.

• Family meal provided daily.

• Dining discount

• Savings on hotels and much more

As part of Sage Hospitality Group, we passionately strive to be the best and create excellence in everything we do. We believe in enriching lives one experience at a time. More than a slogan, we empower our employees to make positive impacts on the communities in which we live and work. By providing genuine service we build relationships with our guests and value for our shareholders, and we create unforgettable experiences.

We are looking for independent thinkers. Those who harness their entrepreneurial spirit so that it breaks preconceived notions. We’re not afraid to forge our own path. After all, it’s what industry leaders do. That’s why we welcome risk takers and creative spirits alike. No matter your daily role, Sage recognizes that your success is about more than the work you do—it’s really about who you are, which is why we invest in your personal and professional growth. We hope you consider joining us!

Job Overview

Clears all used tableware, napkins and refuse from tables to tubs in bus station and wipes table, chairs and clears debris and crumbs from floor areas surrounding table.

Responsibilities

• Clears all used tableware, napkins and refuse from tables to tubs in bus station and wipes table, chairs and clears debris and crumbs from floor areas surrounding table.

• Resets tables in accordance with established standards in order to seat new customers as quickly as possible. Removes full tubs from bus stations to dishwashing area for cleaning, and maintains a clean, well-stocked and orderly bus station at all times in order to improve efficiency and productivity.

• Retrieves cleaned dishes, glassware and utensils from the dish room and distributes to each service station in order to keep a ready supply available for restaurant use.

• Sweeps restaurant floors throughout shift to maintain a clean, presentable and attractive restaurant.

• Retrieves requisitioned items from stockroom, ensuring requisition is complete and correct, and stocking supplies in proper places, rotating stock at all times.

• Assists waitstaff by refilling customers beverages and accommodating requests for additional condiments, food items or clean/fresh tableware.

• Keeps ice stations filled at all times by carrying buckets of ice from the main ice machine and pouring into individual ice stations.

• Maintains a friendly, cheerful and courteous demeanor at all times.

• Performs other duties as assigned, requested or deemed necessary by management.

Qualifications

Education/Formal Training

None

Experience

None

Knowledge/Skills

• Must have basic knowledge of restaurant operations.

Physical Demands

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

• Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying up to 50 lbs to include serving trays, carts, tables, chairs, and small equipment up to 75% of the time.

• Balancing, stooping kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching handling, fingering throughout the shift.

• Mobility -full range of mobility and the ability to travel up to 300 feet on a regular basis throughout the shift.

• Continuous standing -during preparation, during service hours or during expediting.

• Ability to read meters and controls.

Environment

None

Benefits

Career opportunities with the premier lifestyle hospitality company

Free employee meal

Deep discounts on hotel rooms for you, your family and your friends

Discounts on food and beverage outlets across the United States and around the world

Eligibility to participate in our 401k program with employer matching contribution

Discounts exclusive to our Sage associates as well as invitation only discounts with community partners

Competitive pay structure with a tip and service fee share

ID: 2024-22136

Position Type: Regular Part-Time

Property : Bidwell Hotel

Outlet: High Horse

Category: Restaurant Operations

Tipped Position: Yes

Address : 520 SW Broadway

City : Portland

State : Oregon

EOE Protected Veterans/Disability