Nolia is an upscale restaurant and bar concept in Centennial. Louisiana and European Tapas with a large charcuterie menu. The bar is a full bar (awesome cocktail program!) with an exceptional wine list. We are family owned and operated. If the below describes you - join our team and let us take care of you while you take care of our guests.
OUR CORE VALUES
- Always be kind.
- Our team is a family.
- Equality and inclusion are everything. This is a SAFE SPACE.
- The best people create the best environment.
- The best ingredients make the best food, which makes the happiest clients.
OUR CONCEPT
- Tapas - Louisiana and European Style Tapas and a 100+ item a la carte charcuterie menu. Think sushi menu, but with incredible cheeses, meats, jams, spreads, nuts, fruits, breads, crackers.
- Thoughtful, extremely flavorful tapas with surprising, high-end and local ingredients.
- This simplistic kitchen menu means that team members are not dealing with hot fryer oil, cleaning stinky flat-tops, and disposing of grill ash. This concept is clean and not a smelly, greasy kitchen.
- Full bar, extensive, esoteric wine list, happy hour every day.
OUR TEAM PHILOSOPHY
- All of our team members are equally important to the running of the business.
- We strive to be an employer of choice, and we treat our team accordingly.
- We focus on equality in the workplace, and we pay the team very transparently.
- We offer excellent health insurance and paid time off for our full time team members.
- Schedules in the restaurant can be flexible, and work around other obligations.
- Team members will enjoy a meal daily, as well as a shift drink. Employees will also enjoy a discount at our other brands.
ABOUT THE JOB
- Our menu concept is simplistic, but high-end.
- Our clientele is higher-end and not typically price-sensitive.
- Average guest check expectation is $48-60 per person at dinner.
- Our pay rate is beginning at $18 an hour plus tips for all team, and a full time team member can expect to make between 48-60K easily.
- Our front of house staff will be cross trained behind the bar, as a wine specialist, and as a cheese expert! FOH house staff will work as a team throughout shift. FOH and BOH teams are cross trained to be able to jump in where needed on busy nights.
- Our shifts will begin around 2-5 pm and we close at 9:30 or 10:30 - leaving at typically 1030-1130.
- We do everything we can to make the job easy. Great equipment. Upgraded tools. Fancy bar dishwashers and no 3-compartment sinks. ALL the tools to make your job more efficiently accomplished so you can spend more time doing what you love, and less doing the tedious stuff that comes along with it.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Bartending knowledge is a huge plus.
- We are looking for people who are passionate about food - tapas, fish, meat, and veggies, charcuterie, high-end specialty foods, wine, & cocktails.
- We want team members who not only want to find a home with us, but they are looking to grow with us as well! This restaurant brand is a new, fresh, and growing one.
- Catering events and large parties are becoming a staple in our company - please be comfortable with big groups of people.
- We want happy people that love making people happy.
- You must have excellent food and wine knowledge, and be able to demonstrate that in your working interview.
*You should want to cram your noggin full of cheesey, foodie & winey details, and be able to spill that knowledge to clients that visit us.
- Please plan to be polished at work - with excellent grooming and cleanliness.
- We don't care if you have a college degree - but we do want restaurant experience and someone who is eager to learn what we do.
- Obvi you need to be legally able to work, and be able to handle physical labor.
- We want someone bright, with knowledge about what we do, and an awesome and curiosity-filled personality.
- We care that you're nice... like, you have to be nice to people.
- We care that you have a fun sense of humor.
- You have to be rad. :)
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- pass Serv-safe Tips Training.
- pass our internal training tests. These are serious, and will be intense. They will not be timed. You will receive training and coaching before the tests.
- be on time to work (because it's respectful to the brand and your colleagues).
- be passionate about food and wine and cocktails... You have to love what you do.
- be nice & rad & respectful of teammates & clients.
- be clean. Our restaurant is a reflection of our team - let's keep it pretty.
- be comfortable making drinks, describing cheese, and managing a group of clients in for a larger party. This role is dynamic and fun, but the applicant should be able to switch hats as needed in our busy environment.
The two openings we are looking to fill are for a Wednesday-Saturday 5-close and Friday-Saturday 5-close to start, with opportunities for more hours depending on special events and other business needs.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $29.00 - $40.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid training
Work Location: In person
