Question for high end restaurant waiters/waitresses

It's really not as hard as you think. You could always lie on your résumé as well. They don't check. Ruth's Chris trains you for a little while and then you do a mock serve where you wait on the GM. If the staff thinks you're up for the task then they hire you

I did this 20 years ago. Started at a casual place by cortana mall. Then quit and went to Drusilla Seafood which is a step up. Owner threw a fit and screamed at me as if he were 12 years old so I started looking around and got a gig at Manseurs as a bus boy. After 3 months I was a waiter there and made pretty good money. They had career waiters there but I was done before I graduated college because it was time to take an internship.

So, yeah.. start at a more casual place to figure out how to handle the general concept of being a waiter. Most of these places have high turnover so it's not hard to get a job if you're clean looking and personable.

Waiting tables isn't difficult. I'm not sure why certain people can't do it.

Quite honestly, I wish I had waited at a higher end restaurant. One of my biggest complaints about waiting tables? Shitty arse kitchens who couldn't get food orders accurate or out in a timely manner.

Can't imagine you'd have that issue at a more upscale place.

I know at a certain very nice restaurant in BR the waitresses can clear 100k a year. I assume you have to have lots of experience

A lot of them you get hired as a backwaiter (glorified busser) then work your way up to being a real waiter. People with good experience may get hired directly to being a waiter though

I know a guy who used to be the head waiter at Commander's. Has even come in specifically on his days off to wait on two presidents. He was making a whole bunch of money (6 figures), but got burned out after a while. Was looking for something else, and my parents got him making 3/4 what he was, but with full benefits, retirement, etc, and he enjoys the stability more.

He'll still go in for a high profile person every now and then, and sometimes bartends on the weekends, but said he busted his arse his entire life to make it to where he was. I'd guess he had been waiting tables for around 15-20 years at that point. Not something a lot of people are willing to do.