Job Description
Restaurant Manager Wimborne
Hours: 37.5 hours, alternate weekends
Salary: Up to 35,000, DOE
Are you an experienced hospitality leader ready to run your own daytime restaurant operation?
We're working with a highly regarded Garden Centre to find a confident and hands-on Restaurant Manager to lead their busy on-site restaurant.
If you thrive on delivering exceptional customer experiences, enjoy leading from the front, and take pride in running a smooth, successful operation - this could be your next move. Even better, this role offers a great work-life balance with no evenings and alternate weekends!
About the Business
Our client is a long-established and highly respected garden centre group with a strong heritage and reputation for quality. This centre is a well-known destination for gardening enthusiasts, offering an extensive range of plants, gifts, and outdoor living products, with the restaurant forming a key part of the overall customer experience.
Customers visit not only to shop, but to relax and enjoy meals, light bites, cakes, and drinks in a welcoming setting.
This is a business that values high standards, strong service, and genuine teamwork to create a friendly, supportive environment where people take pride in what they do.
About the Role
As Restaurant Manager, you'll take full responsibility for the day-to-day running and commercial performance of the restaurant.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and motivating both front and back of house teams
- Ensuring consistently high standards of food quality and presentation
- Delivering excellent customer service at every touchpoint
- Managing stock, ordering, and supplier relationships
- Controlling costs and monitoring performance against targets
- Maintaining strong Health & Safety and allergen compliance standards
- Supporting the wider garden centre leadership team
- Stepping into service or kitchen operations when required
This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll balance operational efficiency with creating a warm, welcoming environment for customers and team members alike.
The Ideal Candidate
We're looking for someone who:
- Has management-level experience within hospitality
- Is confident overseeing both front and back of house operations
- Has solid kitchen knowledge and can step in to support when needed
- Has a strong understanding of allergens and food safety
- Is experienced in maintaining Health & Safety standards
- Communicates effectively at all levels
- Remains calm and solution-focused under pressure
- Has strong organisational and time management skills
- Leads with energy, pace, and a positive attitude
- Promotes teamwork to deliver an exceptional customer experience
Benefits:
- Daytime-only working hours
- Alternate weekend working
- Enhanced pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Full training and access to an online learning hub
- 20% employee discount
- 50% discount on restaurant meals while on shift
- 31 days annual leave
- Extended Christmas closure
- Free on-site parking
- Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme (including family access)
- Access to retail discounts, cashback offers, and savings
How to Apply:
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, contact me at (url removed) or call (phone number removed).
