Sales Contests to Increase Server Tips

Sales Contests to Increase Server Tips

To sell is to serve. To serve is to sell.  If your servers and bartenders can grasp this concept, they’ll go far in this business. To help them get the hang of it, you may need to provide a little incentive in the form of good ol’ fashioned competition. Here are...

Improve Service with the Fine Art of Table Talk

Guests are ­— first and foremost — people. They want to be treated like individuals, not just nameless customers. The best way to initiate table talk is to ask polite, but not too personal, questions. Here are some safe topics: Appearance: “That’s a beautiful tie.”...

Improve Service by Managing the Wait

The “Please Wait to be Seated” sign creates anxiety when the host staff isn’t present. Teach your servers to look for and then acknowledge every waiting guest with a smile and  “Hi! The hostess will be right with you!” if he or she is off seating other guests. Make...
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