Restaurant Manager

PermanentNEW

Restaurant Manager – Newly Refurbished & Busy Flagship Site with evenings near Andover – up to 40k

Are you an experienced Restaurant Manager who knows how to run a busy, high-volume commercial restaurant while delivering outstanding customer service?

We are recruiting for a major 300+ cover restaurant near Andover following significant investment and a £500,000 refurbishment. This is a substantial hospitality operation where customer expectations are high, and you will have the opportunity to take real ownership of the team, service standards and day-to-day performance.

This role is ideal for a proven operator who thrives in a busy environment, leads from the floor and understands how great customer service can drive loyalty, reputation and commercial success.

What’s in it for you?

• Salary up to £40,000 per annum, depending on experience
• Sociable daytime hours with every evening off
• Alternate weekend working
• No split shifts
• 31 days annual leave
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Full training and development
• Access to an Online Learning Hub
• 20% employee discount
• 50% discount on the restaurant menu while on shift
• Free on-site parking
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme for you and your immediate family
• Company Christmas gifts, subject to eligibility
• Access to exclusive retail discounts, deals and cashback
• The opportunity to lead a newly refurbished 300+ cover restaurant near Andover
• A senior role where you can shape the customer experience, team culture and service standards

What you will be doing

As Restaurant Manager, you will:

• Take full day-to-day responsibility for a large, busy commercial restaurant
• Lead from the floor and set the standard for exceptional customer service
• Ensure every guest receives a warm, efficient and consistently high-quality experience
• Coach and develop the team to confidently manage high-volume service without compromising standards
• Recruit, motivate and nurture a strong restaurant team
• Use customer feedback to continually improve the guest experience
• Manage rotas, staffing levels, stock and operational controls
• Maintain high standards of food safety, cleanliness and compliance
• Drive efficiency, consistency and commercial performance
• Maximise the opportunity created by the recent investment and refurbishment

What we’re looking for

You will need:

• Proven experience as a Restaurant Manager within a high-volume commercial operation
• Experience successfully managing significant customer numbers and a large team
• A strong hospitality background with a genuine passion for customer service
• A track record of improving service standards and developing customer-focused teams
• The confidence and presence to lead from the front
• Strong people-management skills and the ability to build an engaged team
• Commercial awareness and a good understanding of restaurant performance
• The ability to remain organised and maintain excellent standards during high-volume service

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and be able to reliably travel to the Andover area for work.

The ideal candidate will be an operationally strong leader who understands high-volume hospitality and can combine commercial performance with genuinely excellent customer service.

If you are an experienced restaurant leader in the area looking for significant responsibility without sacrificing your evenings and weekends, this could be a rare opportunity to achieve both real job satidfaction and genuine work-life balance.

Apply now – we’d love to hear from you.

Job Number | 934957 IND / F&B
Role | Restaurant Manager
Location | Near Andover
Consultant | Kevin Thomas

Platinum Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.