Waiter

Acorn Pubs; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 10,000 - GBP 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A hospitality group in Abingdon seeks a passionate waiter/waitress to join their team. This role involves delivering excellent service in a busy environment, assisting with orders, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude and strong customer service skills. Flexibility in hours is needed, with opportunities for development and great benefits including free meals on shift and discounts across their pub group.

Benefits

Free meals on shift

30% discount across venues

NEST pension

Discounted gym membership

Weekly pay

£1,000 referral bonus

Qualifications

• Previous experience in hospitality as a waiter/waitress, bartender, or barista is helpful but not essential.
• Hands-on with a positive attitude to keep shifts calm and collected.
• Ability to look after customers and ensure satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver excellent service to customers in a busy environment.
• Assist with food and drink orders.
• Maintain a clean and organized workspace.

Skills

Strong customer service skills

Positive attitude

Ability to work in a team

Experience in hospitality

Job description

If you're passionate about fresh food, the highest service standards and thrive in a busy environment, why not join us as a waiter/waitress at The Crown and Thistle and become a part of our success story.

Our Offer

• Basic up to £12.21 per hour, plus tronc (that’s your card tips that are paid into your bank).
• Great cash tips.
• 15-30 hours per week (including evenings and weekends).

The Extras

• We know you work hard so we feed you well – free meals on shift, choose from the menu!
• 30% discount for you, your friends and family across Acorn Pubs, Brunning and Price and our group including wagamama and selected airport pubs and restaurants.
• It’s never too early to start saving for the future with a NEST pension.
• Great discounts via Perks on Tap, saving you money on everyday purchases and more.
• £1,000 referral bonus for introducing new Managers or Chefsto the company.
• Wagestream – use flexiblepay to choose when to get paid.
• Weekly pay – because everyone loves a payday!

Your Wellbeing – it’s important to us

• Free 24-hour confidential legal and information helpline for you and your family.
• Bespoke wellbeing support offering free counselling for all crew.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Plenty of social get togethers – it’s not all work and no play.
• Recognition platform with regular thankyous.

We want you to grow with us

• Superb internal and external development programmes to support your progress.
• Earn while you learn – we partner with national training provider HIT to support our work‑based level 1, 2 and 3 apprentices.
• We encourage movement between our pubs so you can have a long‑term career with us.

About you...

You have a natural ability to look after people and make them happy and like us, you’re passionate about food and drink. Previous experience in hospitality as a waitress/waiter, bar tender, barista or food and beverage assistant ideally in a pub, restaurant, hotel or bar would be helpful but isn’t essential.

More importantly, you’re hands on with a positive attitude. You’ll bring your life experience to help keep a busy shift calm and collected whilst ensuring you look after our customers in the best way possible.

About Acorn Pubs...

• A collection of 10 pubs, 6 of which have bedrooms.
• Our wider company, Brunning and Price, includes 79 pubs across the country.
• A company with heart, where individuality, personality and diversity are encouraged.
• A company committed to reducing our carbon footprint, working sustainably and supporting our local communities.
• @brunningandpricecareers #bandplife

So, if you like the sound of joining our friendly Front of House team, please click ‘apply’ today!