Waiting Staff

ASVA: Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A hospitality organization in Edinburgh is seeking friendly and attentive Waiting Staff to join their café team. This role involves providing excellent floor service to guests and maintaining a high standard of guest experience. The ideal candidate should have at least 6 months of restaurant table service experience and be available for 12 to 25 hours per week. Applicants can submit their CV and a covering statement to [e-mail], with the application deadline set for January 5, 2026.

Benefits

Attractive package of staff benefits

Fair and friendly workplace

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months' restaurant table service experience required.
• Must be able to work at least 4 days out of 7.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent floor service to café guests.
• Maintain and improve guest experience in the cafe.
• Work regular hours and events outside regular operating hours.

Skills

Attentiveness

Reliability

Passion for table service

Job description

We are looking for friendly, attentive and reliable waiting staff to join our team. We pride ourselves on creating a fair and friendly workplace with an attractive package of staff benefits. This role will be a floor service role with no bar skills required.

We will only consider applications from people with a minimum of 6 months’ restaurant table service experience.

The Fruitmarket’s café is popular with our exhibition audiences and with busy commuters, local residents, and tourists. Working hours will largely be during our regular opening hours (which are 9am to 6pm, 7 days a week) but the role also involves working events outside of these hours. We are seeking a team member who will be passionate about table service and maintaining and improving the guest experience in the cafe.

The ideal candidate will be seeking between 12 and 25 hours per week and will need to be available at least 4 days out of 7.

Application Process

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Craig on 0131 226 8195.

Please visit our website https://www.fruitmarket.co.uk/recruitment/ to download the job description and equalities monitoring form.

Please read the job description and submit a CV with a statement outlining that you have the skills for the post, and complete the equalities monitoring information.

We will also accept a CV and statement in video or audio file.

The application should be emailed to [e-mail] with Waiting Staff as the email subject heading.

Application deadline: Monday 5th January 2026

We will contact shortlisted candidates directly. If you have not heard from us by Friday 9th January then your application has not been shortlisted.