Asst Restaurant GM - Hotel

Description

• Cape Town | Permanent Position
• Are you an accomplished Food & Beverage professional with a passion for luxury dining, exceptional service and leading high-performing teams?
• An exciting opportunity awaits an experienced Assistant Restaurant General Manager to join an exclusive luxury dining environment, where service excellence, culinary creativity and memorable guest experiences are at the heart of the operation.

The Role

• Working closely with the Restaurant General Manager, you will assist in overseeing the day-to-day restaurant operations, ensuring seamless service delivery, strong financial performance and consistently exceptional guest experiences.

• Assist with managing and overseeing daily restaurant operations.
• Maintain exceptional service standards and proactively manage guest feedback and complaints.
• Monitor revenue, food and beverage costs, budgets and operational resources.
• Drive service innovation and guest retention.
• Collaborate with the Director of Food & Beverage on wine and beverage selections.
• Lead, motivate and develop the restaurant team.
• Oversee staff training in food, beverage and service standards, ensuring compliance with LQA requirements.
• Manage staff rosters, payroll and operational reporting deadlines.

What We're Looking For:

• 3–5 years' Food & Beverage management experience within a luxury hospitality environment.
• Strong leadership, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Sound knowledge of restaurant operations and service standards.
• Good understanding of food costs, staff scheduling and payroll.
• Knowledge of silver service / silverware would be advantageous.
• A hands-on leader with exceptional attention to detail and a genuine passion for hospitality.

The Opportunity

• Join a prestigious luxury hospitality environment offering a competitive salary and benefits, loyalty and recognition rewards, employee wellness programmes and opportunities for ongoing professional development.
• If you are passionate about delivering outstanding dining experiences and have the leadership ability to inspire a team towards service excellence, we would love to hear from you.

Expires On: 01-Dec-2026