waitressing?

Question

im a hostess at my job
i was thinking about waitressing
when i get out of school
whats the difference
between waitressing and hosting
i know its harder
what kind of things do you need to learn

just so you know
i dont work with waitresses
so i dont have anything to watch
we just have hostesses who assist

Answer 1

the difference depends a lot on where you work. Usually hosts get an hourly wage and often they get a portion of the night's tips. Unlike the waitress, they are not completely dependant on their customers for their salary. Therefore, being a waitress is MUCH harder. You have to be nice to everyone you wait on, no matter how rude they are, and a lot of people are very rude. You are also carrying hot, heavy plates and running around all over the restaurant all night, so it is a lot more physically intense than hosting. You also have to be able to remember about 200 things at once, so that all your tables get their needs met in a timely fashion. Then despite all this work, the customer is in control of your earnings. A lot of people who eat out don't understand this, and so often tips are much lower than they should be for the amount of work performed by the waitress.
The only advantage to waitressing over hosting is that you have the POTENTIAL to earn more as a waitress. The only time this ever happens is if you work at a decently nice place. If the average cost of the entree is lower than 15 bucks, forget waitressing- waste of energy. If you can get a job at a pretty ritzy place, then it's worth it. Usually you earn about the same as hosts during the week, but your hourly wage will double or triple on weekends and friday nights, making all the hard work worth it.

Answer 2

Hostessing would be greeting customers as they come in and taking care of seating. Johnson party of 4, that's what hostess's do. They are generally paid an hourly rate of about 6 - 9 bucks with no tips.

If you have good people skills waitressing is the way to go. It pays only a little over 2 bucks an hour, but the sky's the limit as to what you can make in tips. A good Waitress given the right restaurant can make well over 100 dollars a night.

Give it a shot. You've gotta nice face :)

Answer 3

The main difference between hosting and watressing is that a hostess job is to greet people, take their name, coat and let them know when they will be seated and then to take them to their seat and possibly take their drink order, then to possibly take their check when they leave and to greet them when they leave. As a waitress your job is to make people feel welcomed, important and taken care of. To meet their needs for refreshment and replenishment. Taking their order, bringing thier food, making sure everything is alright, refilling their drinks and making sure if they need anything else secondary and part of taking care of them. If you can get this down you will make a lot, I used to make about 75 bucks a night more than any one I ever worked with as a waiter for that reason, averaging about
2-500 a night.

The best thing that you can do is develop a system for remembering what people are having. Even if you have to develop an "off floor map" that you can check when you are in the back to help you out. When you come to the table asking who had what and what their refill is, or not bringing ordinary things that they would need with what they ordered, people do not feel taken care of. To many wait staff no adays have a feeling of entitlement for a tip becuase they brought your food. They do not understand that their job is to TAKE care of their customers...

Lastly if you do not enjoy being wait staff then don't do it, becuase you will just do a crappy job, make little money and give your establishment a bad name...

Answer 4

Well, waitressing is harder, but at times they can get better pay due only to tips. Hosting is easier though.

My mother was a waitress for many years at a local Big Boy's, and was able to support myself and my brother/sister, but they really rely on tips to get by, so if you do decide to be a waitress, be sure to be curtious, smile, and if you get a bad tip, or bad customers, forget about them and think only about getting the best tip from them as possible.

Answer 5

You have to smile even when you want to scream. You have to take the orders promptly and correctly. Always check back a few minutes after serving to make sure everything is to their liking. Compliment them on their kids, even if the kids are ugly. Make them feel special. Pre bus the tables and always make sure their drinks are full. I waitressed when I was in high school. I suggest going to college as I did!

Answer 6

Hosting, you seat people and oversee reservations, etc.

Waitressing, you take orders and deliver them. You need to be able prioritize your time, remember lots of orders and who had them (it really ups your tips if you do), be able to handle all kinds of people, have strong arms for carrying multiple plates.

Answer 7

when u host you sit the people and when u waitress you serve the people, bring them drinks take there food order... take the food out.. get money...

Answer 8

learn how to take an order and get used to people asking for lemons and the check

Answer 9

BE POLITE TO YOUR CUSTOMERS
GET THE FOOD TO THE CUSTOMER -HOT
GO TO YOUR CUSTOMERS OFTEN TO CHECK ON THEM
SMILE REAL BIG,YOU'LL GET MORE TIPS

Answer 10

u dont know the difference and you already work there. dont u watch what they do and what you do. is it that hard to figure out.