Author:
Florence Bailey
Date Of Creation:
23 March 2021
Update Date:
1 July 2024
Content
In this article, you will learn how to become the best waiter in a restaurant. You can become better than other waiters and waitresses. You will be the one you would like to see in your restaurant on the busiest evenings. Once you are asked to work for Thanksgiving, you will achieve your goal.
Steps
1 Memorize the tables and those who sit at them. If you are told “clean the table 24” or “take this to the woman with the glasses,” it’s better if you know where you need to go, rather than looking around. 
2 Look at the door. This will help you know when new customers are arriving and you can immediately pour water and bread for them. Then you can also go to the kitchen and say "two!" (This means two people at the table; if there are four, then you should say "four"). Chefs love to keep track of how many people they need to cook their food, and this helps them in their kitchen work. 
3 Make friends with the chefs, because they are the most important participants in the whole process. They are preparing food. The chefs can joke with you and you can joke back as well. And then wink. You will be yours. It is very important. If you don't have that inclination, at least laugh when they joke and talk. 
4 Do your dirty work. On your first day at work, tackle cleaning up dirty dishes. Try to start doing this as soon as possible. Do it quickly (where the dishes are washed in the kitchen) and then carry the dishes back (where the waiters work). Especially if you're a girl, impress the male dishwashers with a trick like this. You will feel more confident. 
5 Don't be humiliated, but keep doing your job as a waiter. It is very important to ask every ten minutes if your visitors need something. But don't distract other waiters. Read by eye contact and ask if you need to bring drinks, for example. Even if they don't need it, they'll be glad you even suggested. 
6 Be attentive and walk around tables. If people are sitting in front of empty plates, the plates must be taken to the kitchen. If people need more water, give them more water. Examine the room and look at the faces, because someone may need something. Often, visitors ask the waiters if they forgot something, so be prepared. 
7 Do secondary work. Clean dishes, bring napkins and glasses, and fill the machine with ice. Each restaurant has a variety of things to do when things are going slowly; so do the secondary work and bring it to perfection. If you don't have time to spare, make sure everything is done before the start of your shift, or at the end if things are slow. Don't give anyone a reason to complain about you. 
8 Finally, you deserve to rest. After all the hard work you've done, just take a break. When everyone is having fun in the kitchen and joking, jump into the fun. Be part of the team, even though you must deserve it.
Tips
- Reason sensibly. How would you like the waiter to behave if you were a visitor?
- Make friends with the waiter / waitress. Perhaps they will just like you and they will help you in your work.
- Add water to glasses as often as possible. There is nothing worse than the lack of water in the glasses for visitors.
- If customers are sitting in front of clean plates, and one of them starts joking, laugh as if you have never heard such a joke. You will get more tips.
Warnings
- If there is a glass that is impossible to reach ... DO NOT REACH IT! Politely ask someone to fill it for you.
- Do not forget about the plates, because there is nothing worse than seeing a waiter or waitress leaving for the kitchen with the plate you were supposed to carry. If this happens, apologize, but don't be discouraged as you will receive your next order.
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