Restaurant Manager

The Dining Room our renowned restaurant, celebrates the abundance of fresh ingredients sourced from Mornington Peninsula's food and wine region. Now, we're on the lookout for a seasoned professional Restaurant Manager to lead the team at Lancemore Lindenderry Red Hill.  Nestled among gently rolling hills, Lindenderry Red Hill offers guests a stylish escape complete with a European country style with a distinctly Australian twist and world-class dining at The Dining Room.

Exciting key role, reporting into the Food & Beverage Manager you will work in partnership with the team to creatively provide interactive service and authentic hospitality to all guests.  As the Restaurant Manager you will be responsible for: 

• The coordination and management of the team working in the Restaurant, Cellar Door, Wedding, and Event venues.
• Leading the team effectively and manage and coordinate all shifts across a 7day roster including weekends, whilst ensuring superior restaurant and dining service is provided to all guests.
• Maximising revenue opportunities and maintain cost control. Curate seasonal beverage lists.  
• Overseeing the hiring, training, scheduling, and supervision of restaurant staff, including servers, bartenders, and support staff.
• Ensuring high-quality customer service by maintaining a welcoming atmosphere, addressing customer concerns or complaints, and ensuring that service standards are consistently met.
• Managing day-to-day operations of the restaurant, including opening, and closing procedures, ensuring cleanliness and organization, and overseeing inventory and ordering of supplies.
• Monitoring and managing the restaurant's budget, including controlling costs, setting menu prices, and maximizing revenue through effective sales and marketing strategies.
• Working with the chef to develop menus that reflect the hotel's culinary style and meet customer preferences, while also ensuring consistency and quality of food and beverage offerings.
• Planning and coordinating special events, private parties, and functions held at the restaurant, including menu selection, staffing, and logistics.

ABOUT YOU:

• To success you will have experience in a similar role with a restaurant or banquet background and possess a high degree of a passion for high quality food and wine
• Have availability to work a variety of shifts with flexibility and reliability and in line with hotel requirements.
• Demonstrate a strong guest focus with excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Strong management and leadership skills with the ability motivate, engage and lead a team to achieve desired outcome
• Hands on! Lead by example and have your finger on the pulse.
• Able to see the 'bigger picture' whilst attending to day to day needs of the department/hotel.
• Have a strong sense of urgency to get things done quickly and works well under pressure
• A strong understanding of financials and budget management to generate results through working smarter rather than harder

ABOUT US:

Lancemore Lindenderry Hotel is a winner of multiple awards including, AGFG Chef's Hat Award, Conde Nast Traveler's Readers’ Choice Awards.  It is set in the very heart of Red Hill on 34 stunning acres of gardens and vines. Our luxury boutique, designer hotel is ideally positioned to soak up the spectacular Mornington Peninsula:  soul-enriching nature, artisan produce and mere minutes from the region’s most revered wineries.  

Lancemore Hotel Group

Founded in 1986, The Lancemore Group is a leading Australian boutique lifestyle brand and pioneer in boutique hotels and residential conference facilities.

Our hotels offer boutique accommodation, conferences & meetings, weddings & events, wellness spas, critically acclaimed restaurants and an award-winning wines.

We are rapidly expanding across Australia and are unique in being a family-owned company that combines the head of a large operation with the heart of a family company. You will be joining a high performing workplace that believes in developing new talent and empowering people to drive their own results.

Our Values

Fun |  Authentic Hospitality | Caring | Ownership Mindset  | Performance | Growth

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