How to Make More Money as a Restaurant Server: Strategies for Increasing Sales

About this video

• Video Title: How to Make More Money as a Restaurant Server: Strategies for Increasing Sales
• Channel: Real Server Training
• Speakers: Not specified
• Duration: 00:03:12

Overview

This video explains how restaurant servers can increase their earnings by adopting a proactive and urgent approach to serving guests. It emphasizes anticipating guest needs, especially regarding drinks, to upsell and improve check averages without being overly pushy.

Key takeaways

• Proactive Service: Instead of reacting to guest requests, servers should anticipate their needs.
• Sense of Urgency: Moving with a sense of urgency helps servers manage their tasks efficiently and be attentive to guests.
• Drink Sales Strategy: Offering drinks at the right moment, before a current drink is finished, maintains consumption continuity and increases sales.
• Anticipating Needs: Approaching tables with the intention to anticipate needs, rather than solely to make sales, leads to higher check averages naturally.
• Avoiding Lulls: Preventing guests from sitting too long without a drink is crucial, as a finished drink can lead to a loss of interest in ordering another.