Restaurant Assistant General Manager, Bourbon Steak - Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach

Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort & Club, located in the beautiful coastal town of Dana Point, Orange County, California, is a luxury hotel offering a premier vacation experience. Known for its Forbes 4-Star and AAA 5-Diamond ratings, this award-winning resort spans 175 acres atop a 150-foot seaside bluff and features over 400 guest rooms, 115,000 square feet of versatile indoor and outdoor meeting space, and eight unique food and beverage outlets including restaurants, a beach club, a lounge, a marketplace, and in-room dining services. The resort is nestled in one of the nation’s top vacation destinations renowned for year-round sunshine, picturesque beaches, premier attractions, and a vibrant dining and arts scene. Dana Point itself is famous for its iconic role in California’s surf culture and maintains a laid-back yet active lifestyle embraced by locals and visitors alike.

As a Restaurant Assistant General Manager at Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort, you will be an integral part of the Food and Beverage Team, directly overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Bourbon Steak dining outlet and working alongside the Restaurant General Manager. This is a vital leadership role that calls for managing the front-of-house team members, ensuring exceptional hospitality standards, and delivering memorable guest experiences. The position requires a dynamic leader who is passionate about creating extraordinary dining experiences, mentoring staff, and achieving financial and operational goals. You will manage a broad spectrum of responsibilities including guest service excellence, product quality assurance, inventory control, cost management, marketing, and budget adherence.

This role provides the opportunity to work in an upscale dining environment within a renowned luxury brand, upholding the highest standards of compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol regulations. The successful candidate will have a proven background in restaurant management, with at least two years of experience in a similar high-end setting. Expertise in beverage knowledge, social media reputation management, local market capture, and employee relations will be essential for thriving in this position. Joining Hilton and Waldorf Astoria means embracing core values centered on hospitality, integrity, leadership, teamwork, ownership, and a proactive mindset.

Waldorf Astoria Monarch Beach Resort fosters a welcoming culture that emphasizes both guest satisfaction and employee well-being. Hilton’s commitment to its team members includes exceptional benefits such as travel perks, stock purchase opportunities, paid parental leave, caregiving support, mental health resources, generous paid time off, and comprehensive health and retirement plans, all aimed at helping employees thrive personally and professionally. As a part of a globally recognized hospitality leader ranked among the World’s Best Workplaces, this role offers a career path filled with opportunities for growth, development, and meaningful impact in one of California’s most coveted coastal locations.