Personalized Service Training for Waiters

May 23, 2010

Today I will discuss another Free Hotel Management Training Tutorial on personalized service which is very should be helpful for F & B Service Staffs specially for Waiters in hotel & Restaurant. Personalized Service in Food & Beverage service focuses on the interactions between the customer and the food & beverage service staff.

Why Personalized Service is Required in Restaurants:

In Hotel or restaurants, Guest must be treated as KING/QUEEN. We are here to give comfort and happiness to the guest along with food. This helps the venue to get repeat business and this causes the revenue of the restaurant to increase. If guest will be satisfied by service, then he will advertise the venue to his/her friends or relatives without any costs to the venue.

How we can give Personalised service to guest:


  • Always wish the guest in proper way.
  • Talk with the guest.
  • Suggest the guest the correct combination of food & beverage.
  • Maintain proper languages and body action.
  • Always have smiling face.
  • Solve any problem of the guest on the spot.

Things You Must Remember:

  • Don’t talk to other staffs without first excusing themselves from the customer.
  • Don’t interrupt interactions between customers and staff, but should wait until there is a suitable moment to catch the attention of the guest.
  • Don’t serve the customer whilst carrying on a conversation between themselves.
  • Don’t talk across rooms either to each other or to customers.

Always follow these simple rules, while giving personalized service:

  • Showing customers to their table – Always walk with them at their pace.
  • Seating customers- Ladies first descending in the age unless the host is a lady.
  • Handling menus to customers- Offer the menu and wait for the customer to take it.
  • Opening and placing napkins- Open carefully, do not shake it like duster, place it on the customer’s lap after saying excuse me to the guest.
  • When offering water or any extra food items like bread rolls, always say “Excuse me Sir/ Madam, would you like another bread roll?”
  • Talking to customers- only when standing next to them.
  • Serving and clearing- always say “Excuse me” before serving or clearing and “Thank you” after you have finished with each customer.
  • Explaining food and beverage items- use terms the customer understands (i.e. no technical terms); use terms, which make the sound attractive; do not use abbreviation.

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{ 7 comments… read them below or add one }

Leon November 1, 2011 at 8:53 pm

I wanna thank you for tips and lesson about waiterin,
This had help me a lot in my classes,because i’training
waiterrs,barman and houskeepers.
I’mvery proud of my self because i produce top waiters through
your help,and i must say i respect you for all your help you. gave me.
I expecting more from you THANK YOU.

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zaki November 5, 2010 at 10:13 pm

pls send me the sop of room service order taker.

thnx

zaki

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Hotelier Tanji November 6, 2010 at 12:47 am
zahid hussain quershi November 2, 2010 at 7:13 pm

i job U S A as a waiter

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Hotelier Tanji November 2, 2010 at 10:27 pm

Just try to improve your English … all the very best

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Rina Quilestino May 25, 2010 at 9:18 am

Hello tanjii,

I am looking at your website where i found significant contribution as a trainee in a 5-star hotel here in cambridge, Maryland.I am novice in food service and i find it difficult to extend guests expectations for a 5 star hotel. By reading all your categories helps me a lot in going through my experiences with the guests everyday of my life. However, it would be of great help for me if you can provide a sample and detailed conversations in order-taking. Say, a step by step procedure in a manner of conversations with the guests.
It would be much appreciated if you can provide me with that the soonest possible time.
Thank you and in anticipation for a favorable response from your end.

Regards,

rina

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Admin May 26, 2010 at 12:36 am

Dear Rina, Please use search box to search your topic. I guess these 2 posts could satisfy you:

1: How to Take Food Order in Restaurant (SOP)

2: How to Take Guest Orders in Restaurant

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