Restaurant Manager

Radiant Hospitality is partnering with a Riyadh-based hospitality investment group to appoint a Restaurant Manager for a premium lifestyle restaurant in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is the senior front‑of‑house role on site owning the guest experience, the service team and the day‑to‑day running of the dining room. The restaurant is the Riyadh home of an internationally recognised design‑led dining brand with sister restaurants in Dubai and Abu Dhabi set in a riverside heritage dining quarter overlooking a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It is a lively fashionable room with a terrace, a strong private dining and events offer and VIP and corporate clientele and the role comes with a tax‑free package and visa sponsorship.

• Lead daily front‑of‑house operations, service standards, opening, closing, cash control and end‑of‑day reporting with a strong floor presence during service.
• Own the guest experience, feedback, online reviews, complaint resolution, reservations, waitlist management and VIP regular engagement.
• Partner with the Head Chef on service pace, menu changes, specials and allergen communication.
• Recruit, train and develop the FOH team with the General Manager building succession for supervisors, lead briefings, rotas, performance reviews, grooming and discipline in line with Saudi labour law.
• Deliver revenue average spend and labour cost targets drive upselling promotions and monitor voids discounts and cash variances.
• Maintain premises equipment, operating supplies and presentation of the dining room, bar, terrace and entrance manage breakages, wastage and maintenance follow-up.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety, food hygiene, SFDA requirements licensing, security and incident reporting.
• Represent and protect the brand in Riyadh supporting events, private dining, marketing activations and seasonal campaigns.

• Minimum 6 years in front‑of‑house roles in premium or lifestyle restaurants, with at least 2 years as Restaurant Manager or Assistant Restaurant Manager.
• Proven experience leading a front‑of‑house team of 20 or more in a high‑volume, high‑expectation venue with VIP and corporate clientele.
• GCC experience preferred;
  Saudi Arabia experience an advantage.
• Strong command of sequence of service, table management and reservations strategy.
• Confident with POS, reservations and rostering platforms, and competent with cash control and shift reporting.
• Working knowledge of labour cost management and operational reporting.
• Fluent English;
  Arabic an advantage.
• Food hygiene certification (for example HACCP Level 2 or
  3) preferred.
• Strong food and beverage knowledge, with the ability to train and assess others.
• Calm and decisive under pressure, organised, detail‑oriented, culturally aware and commercially minded.
• Must hold the right to work in Saudi Arabia, or be eligible to obtain it with the client's support.

Minimum 6 years in front‑of‑house roles in premium or lifestyle restaurants, with at least 2 years as Restaurant Manager or Assistant Restaurant Manager.

Proven experience leading a front‑of‑house team of 20 or more in a high‑volume, high‑expectation venue with VIP and corporate clientele.

GCC experience preferred;
Saudi Arabia experience an advantage.

Strong command of sequence of service, table management and reservations strategy.

Confident with POS, reservations and rostering platforms, and competent with cash control and shift reporting.

Working knowledge of labour cost management and operational reporting.

Fluent English;
Arabic an advantage.

Food hygiene certification (for example HACCP Level 2 or
3) preferred.

Strong food and beverage knowledge, with the ability to train and assess others.

Calm and decisive under pressure, organised, detail-oriented,…