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Overview
Restaurant hosts welcome guests, manage waiting lists, place customers at tables, answer early questions and support the hospitality team before food and drink service begins.
In job descriptions, look for guest reception, table seating, customer complaints, menu advice, VIP guests, customer service, hygiene routines and teamwork with waiting staff.
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Restaurant host and hostess work is front-of-house guest flow. The role receives people, manages waiting and seating, answers first questions and helps the dining room start service calmly.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include customer welcome, waiting-list handling, complaint response, menu advice for special events, VIP guest support, hygiene awareness and close teamwork with service staff.
Salary context
Salary context depends on restaurant size, service pace, guest volume, evening or weekend work, complaint handling, reservation systems and whether the role includes coordination of other front-of-house staff.
Career paths
Paths can move toward senior host, head waiter roles, reservations coordination, restaurant supervision, event hospitality or broader guest-service management in front-of-house teams.
Good to know
Check adverts for table seating, waiting lists, reservations, guest complaints, menu information, hygiene routines, VIP service and whether the job includes taking food and drink orders.
Editorial note
This guide gives editorial career context for restaurant host and hostess work. It is not official labour-market statistics or salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Restaurant activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include waiter/waitress, head waiter/head waitress and sommelier.
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About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
35-9031.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
56.11Restaurant activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Waiters (5131)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a1b86a8b-ad91-4192-b386-bbf89bb11699 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5131.1 |
| ISCO group | 5131 |
| Concept type | Occupation |