Restaurant Host Stand Script and Waitlist Workflow
Write host stand scripts and a waitlist workflow with quote times, walk-in handling, reservations, hard cases and a pacing plan.
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Write host stand scripts and a waitlist workflow for my restaurant. Restaurant style and seat count: [STYLE_AND_SEATS]. Reservation system or paper book: [RESERVATION_METHOD]. Average table turn time: [AVERAGE_TURN_TIME]. Busiest shifts: [BUSY_SHIFTS]. Common guest complaints at the door: [DOOR_COMPLAINTS]. Provide scripts for: greeting, quoting a wait time, offering the bar or an alternative, handling a guest who arrives early, handling a no-show after a grace period of [GRACE_PERIOD], turning down a walk-in politely, seating a large party, and a guest who wants a table already taken. Give each script as two or three sentences plus a "do not say" line. Then give a workflow as numbered steps from arrival to seating, a table for the waitlist with the columns Name, Party size, Time added, Quoted wait, Texted?, Seated time, Notes, and a rule for how to calculate a quote: estimate based on tables due to turn, showing the arithmetic. Add a 10 minute pre-shift checklist for the host and a handover line for the manager. Do not invent my systems' features; if your advice relies on an app feature, flag it [VERIFY]. Keep tone warm and honest: never promise a time you cannot meet. Add a worked example with invented figures: 8 tables of 4 turning every 70 minutes, 3 parties ahead, and compute a quoted wait.
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