Assistant Restaurant Manager - Pan-Asian concept (Kuwait)

A 5-star luxury hotel is seeking an experienced Assistant Restaurant Manager to support the daily operations of a fine dining restaurant with a Pan-Asian cuisine concept. The ideal candidate must have strong luxury hotel experience, excellent leadership skills, and a solid understanding of refined restaurant service, guest engagement, and high-end dining standards.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Restaurant Manager in overseeing daily restaurant operations, ensuring smooth service flow and a premium guest experience

• Supervise, train, and motivate the restaurant team to deliver consistent luxury service standards

• Support the execution of fine dining service sequences, table management, guest recognition, and personalized service

• Ensure strong knowledge and presentation of the Pan-Asian cuisine concept, menu items, ingredients, and service style

• Monitor guest satisfaction, handle complaints professionally, and ensure effective service recovery when needed

• Conduct daily briefings, allocate duties, and monitor staff grooming, attendance, and performance

• Coordinate closely with the kitchen, bar, stewarding, hostess team, and other hotel departments to ensure seamless operations

• Maintain restaurant cleanliness, ambience, table setup, and overall presentation in line with luxury hotel standards

• Support upselling initiatives, revenue generation, cost control, inventory, breakage, and wastage management

• Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, health, safety, and hotel operating standards

• Assist with scheduling, training plans, reports, guest feedback analysis, and operational improvements

• Step in to manage restaurant operations in the Restaurant Manager’s absence

Requirements

• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in Food & Beverage operations, with at least 1–2 years in a supervisory or assistant management role

• Must have prior experience in luxury hotels

• Must have experience in fine dining restaurant operations

• Experience with Pan-Asian cuisine concepts is required

• Strong knowledge of luxury restaurant service standards, guest experience, and sequence of service

• Excellent leadership, communication, and team management skills

• Strong guest relations skills with a calm, professional, and solutions-focused approach

• Fluent in English; additional languages are an advantage

• Presentable, confident, detail-oriented, and service-driven

• Flexible to work according to business needs, including evenings, weekends, and holidays

• Familiarity with POS systems, reservation platforms, inventory control, and basic reporting is preferred

What's Offered

• Competitive monthly salary based on experience

• Employment visa and work permit sponsorship

• Accommodation

• Transportation

• Duty meals

• Paid holidays

• Standard benefits as per local labor law, including annual leave, end-of-service benefits, and medical insurance