Restaurant Manager

Restaurant Manager · £45.7k (incl. Tronc) · Full-time · Kings Cross ·

Isla Restaurant starts this Spring/Summer season with small and perfectly formed menu from award-winning author and chef Ixta Belfrage, showcasing her favorite flavors and dishes – past, present, and future – it draws on her Brazilian and Mexican heritage with Italian influences.

At the cultural heart-beat of The Standard are our team who bring to life our spaces, engage with our guests and vibrate social energy, day and night across our numerous bars, restaurants, event and guest spaces. We are defined by our richness of personality, diversity of background and lifestyle and are now looking for a Restaurant Manager for our Isla Restaurant who will embody our ‘Anything but Standard’ ethos.

Your role

As our Restaurant Manager for Isla, you will oversee the day-to-day management of the restaurant & terrace, with a particular focus on our dinner and evening service, as well as providing management support for The Library Lounge. You will oversee an exceptional floor team that provide an extensive food and drink service in this busy high-volume destination restaurant & lounge. On a daily basis, you will manage service and ensure everything runs smoothly; as well as coaching and developing the team and ensuring they receive the correct training and support in their roles.

Your exceptional knowledge of food and drink will help you to create an environment where you will not only delight our guests, but also excite and surprise them to create the ultimate dining experience. You will of course be passionate about service, with an exceptional working knowledge of restaurant operations and order of service; along with a deep appreciation of quality wines in order to confidently match and suggest wines to compliment guest menu choices, and enhance their overall dining experience.

Finally, you will be a host to our guests adding a touch of personality and theatre to their experience, making our guests feel welcome whilst they visit The Standard and our energetic and vibrant city; so you will need to be highly social, upbeat and friendly; confident and can handle pressure well; thrive in a busy high volume, high energy environment and can manage multiple tasks and guest with ease.

Do you have what it takes to be a Restaurant Manager

While we take every detail of design and guest experience seriously, we do not take ourselves too seriously. ‘Standard People’ are at the heart of our brand; vivid, dynamic and engaging.

Prior experience as a Restaurant Manager is essential for this role, as well as an uncompromised and natural flair for service and the ability to build genuine relationships with guests that enable us to not only pre-empt needs but foresee desires. In addition, will also need...

  • A proven track record in a similar Restaurant Manager or Assistant Restaurant Manager role with the ability to inspire and motivate a team, ideally gained in a similar ‘Lifestyle’, destination restaurant or boutique hotel sector
  • Candidates with a background in Modern European cuisine are particularly invited to apply
  • Highly motivated and pro-active; act with professionalism and positivity in all interactions
  • Ability to develop and deliver effective training to maintain consistent service standards throughout your team
  • Solid wine & beverage knowledge
  • Experience with Squirrel POS, Open table and Fourth HR is advantageous

About Isla & The Library Lounge

Isla Restaurant & Terrace has a Modern European menu focused on ingredients, minimal intervention and small plates, with a carefully curated list of wines from all over the world. Ideal for casual dining at any time of day – from breakfast meetings to relaxed al fresco meals – Isla can host parties of a wide range of sizes in its spacious, softly lit interior and garden terrace.

The Library Lounge is our hub for music and cultural programming and hosts a large collection of vintage books we’ve playfully curated into categories our guests can enjoy with coffee or cocktails.

Benefits Include

  • Meals on duty
  • Uniform provided
  • Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance (2 x Annual Salary)
  • Medical Assistance (including online GP and Physio)
  • Employee Assistance Programme with Well-being service
  • Discount platform including GYM
  • Worldwide Travel Discounts via The Standard Advantage platform
  • Employee & Family Rates across all Standard and Bunkhouse properties
  • In-house Experience Programme
  • F&B Discounts ranging from 25-50%
  • Recruitment Referral Bonus up to £1,000
  • Tuition Aid Scheme & subsidised training
  • Season Ticket Loan & Bike 2 Work Scheme
  • Social Committee with regular monthly social activities

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