Host/Hostess in Honolulu, Hawaii at Lucky Strike Entertainment LLC

Lucky Strike Entertainment is an upscale entertainment venue that provides a unique bowling, full-service restaurant, bar lounge, and arcade gaming experience. www.luckystrikesocial.com.

Why Lucky Strike?

FUN! We add a whole other element other than your tradition food and beverage concept. With our friendly staff, industry leading bowling, bar lounge, live music, live sports, arcade room, and chef-driven cuisine there is never a dull moment.

CAREER PROGRESSION: A strong percentage of our Managers, Chefs, and Directors are promoted from within.

INCLUSIVITY: Lucky Strike is a fan of style. We encourage individualism and freedom of expression. Be who you are! Bring your style, vibe, and persona to the team.

The Host/Hostess provides personalized, premium service to our guests. They are the first person a guest will come across during their visit, therefore making this position crucial to the success of each guests’ visit. This person is high energy, passionate and service oriented. They are responsible for guest satisfaction and creating the ‘WOW’ experience.

This position is critical to providing confidence to our guests that everything they come in contact with has been properly sanitized, that we have created a safe environment while delivering premium service during their visit to Lucky Strike. This role goes above and beyond what is expected to provide guests with a positive, memorable experience that they will never forget.

Job Duties:

• Provides a memorable guest experience by interacting with the guests and providing prompt and courteous service throughout their visit
• Welcomes and escorts guests through the venue to a designated waiting area if table(s) are not ready
• If the table are not ready, the Host/Hostess will be responsible for taking the guests’ information and putting them on a proper waitlist until a table becomes available
• The Host/Hostess would also be responsible for coordinating with the manager in charge and the Server to ensure when the guests’ tables are ready, the team is ready to welcome them, and the tabs are successfully transferred, and the team is aware of what the guests’ have experienced thus far.
• Offers new guests a tour of the venue by introducing the various entertainment options including the location of the restrooms as well as talking to the guests about the enhanced sanitation measures the venue has taken to ensure a clean and safe environment
• Provides guests with sanitation wipes, gloves, and masks to use at their discretion upon arrival to the designated waiting area
• Demonstrates menu knowledge and use the knowledge to enthusiastically make recommendations about menu items, venue amenities and future parties, etc.
• Anticipates guests’ needs such as highchairs, additional chairs, etc.
• Partners with team members on ensuring the cleanliness standards are kept up to company standards
• Completes side work such as: rolling silverware, replenishing condiments, cleaning menus and etc.
• Provides updates to guests when tables are available
• Escorts guests and purchased food and drinks to designated tables
• Upholds local liquor and food handling laws
• Attends to all guest needs to minimize their touch of surfaces on and around the waiting areas

Skills:

• Must be positive, optimistic and passionate about guest service and responsive to guests needs
• Must be able to deliver a high level of cleanliness and sanitation
• Must be friendly, outgoing and able to smile frequently with high energy and the ability to create fun
• Ability to take initiative to identify and resolve problems
• Demonstrate enthusiasm, determination, perseverance and the sense of urgency when dealing with customer concerns
• Must be flexible and accommodating
• Must be knowledgeable about the venue and know what the facility can offer to the guest
• Excellent communication skills are essential
• Must be able to clearly articulate guests needs to other team members and management, as necessary
• Must be skilled at calmly responding to dissatisfied guests while taking appropriate initiatives and actions to resolve complaints
• Multitask efficiently and effectively
• Computer proficiency

• 1 year of previous host/hostess experience preferably in a fast pace and full service restaurant/bar or entertainment venue is a plus but not required
• 6 months of customer service experience
• Enthusiastic, outgoing and cheerful!!
• Passionate about guest service and hospitality

Perks:

• Discounted food during non-working hours
• Free bowling, billiards, ping pong, darts, arcade games. etc.*
• Flexible schedules
• Family like environment / exceptional work life balance
• Pay via pay card that can act as a credit card
• Referral bonuses
• Same day offers / on the spot hiring
• Celebrity sightings / media appearances (not guaranteed but super exciting!)
• Growth & development opportunities

Benefits:

• Eligibility for benefits (medical/dental/vision) after a 12-month measurement period
• Paid Sick Leave in accordance with state/local law

Lucky Strike Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.