Assistant Server at Coast Range

Now Hiring: Server Assistant / "Busser"  at Coast Range Restaurant (Solvang, CA)
Part of the Michelin Guide–featured Coast Range Restaurant

Job Type: Full-time or Part-time.

Hours: 20–30 hours per week, probably more for the Holiday Season!

Pay: From $16.50/hour + tips in a high-volume environment

Servers Assistants – Commitment to Hospitality Excellence

At Coast Range Restaurant, Servers Assistants are not simply table clearers or bussers— they are integral members of our service team who help create a seamless dining experience. We look for individuals who embody selfless hospitality: meticulous attention to detail, genuine care, and commitment to guest needs.

Server Assistants here:

• Understanding excellence in the smallest tasks, from the placement of silverware to the polish on a glass, communicates care.
  
  
• Support both servers, bartenders, and management to deliver service that exceeds guest expectations.
  
  
• Take pride in maintaining an organized, clean, and hygge (Danish culture of coziness, contentment, and well-being) atmosphere for every guest and every team member.

• Work with a sense of urgency, focused energy, and determination to exceed guest needs.

• Serve as “pinch hitters” at critical times supporting management as they triage the flow of service, food and team needs.

• Have a can do attitude and look to develop to be able to cross train and ultimately fill shifts in other positions. Embracing Kaizen, the spirit of continual improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with servers, managers, and bartenders (unless you are under 18) to ensure prompt clearing and resetting of tables with a sense of urgency and grace.

• Maintaining the entire premises inside and out  to an excellent standard, there is no such thing as too clean and too orderly to a guest.

• Maintain the dining room and service stations at the highest standard of cleanliness and readiness.

• Anticipate guest needs by monitoring tables for water refills, cleanliness, and comfort before being asked.
  
  
• Assist in running food, ensuring presentation and timing meet our quality standards.
  
  
• Support ALL team members during peak service with proactive communication and teamwork.
  
  
• Serve as a host role, when needed, by Greeting, Seating and completing all Open Table steps, a critical marketing tool.

Duties Include but are not limited to: 

• Sweeping inside and outside
• Sweep the sidewalk, remove cigarettes from tree dirt
• Sweep outside mats
• Sweep the back parking lot
• Mopping floors
• Clean bathrooms, (replace toilet paper, back up toilet paper, toilet seat covers)
• Clean windows
• Clean outside of meat case
• Clean outside glass partition
• Clean the heaters 
• Polish water pitchers
• Buss tables
• Pre-bus tables
• Polish glasses
• Polish silverware
• Reset tables
• Dust spiderwebs
• Water service at the table
• Keep water pitchers full of ice water
• Fill up wells in bar with ice
• Fill up juices/syrups in bar
• Clean counter tops
• Help bartenders restock bar, over 18 only
• Maintain general cleanliness
• Run food
• Set up outside tables
• Set dining room for dinner service
• Maintain to-go containers are stocked and organized
• Stamp bags large and small

Maintain Qualifications:

• Flexible schedule availability, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
  
  
• Must meet California state requirements for food handler certification.