Our flagship hotel The Swan has pride of place on Southwold marketplace and the amazing team are always proud to show it off. Whether our guests are seeking an indulgent getaway, relaxation in fresh sea air or an insight into the crafts of brewing and distilling, we can provide it all. The food prepared by Rory and his team is deliciously exciting and creative, and the drinks range is fabulous. In fact, everything and everybody is fairly fabulous at The Swan!
Restaurant Manager
The Swan is our flagship hotel, and we are proud to have been awarded the prestigious AA 4 Red star recognising our hotel as one of the very best in the country. In addition, we have been awarded two Rosettes for our amazing food in our beautiful restaurant. Perfectly located on Southwold Marketplace and just minutes' walk from the stunning Southwold beach, this is the ultimate location to work.
The Still Room at The Swan Hotel is the very pinnacle of dining in Southwold. The restaurant comprises a 48-seater main restaurant, Copper House spirits and cocktail bar, wine room and 16 seater private dining room.
We offer an excellent package for our Restaurant Manager including -
We encourage each member of our team to grow, develop and progress within Adnams, whether that is within The Swan or one of our other locations. We are committed to providing you with continual training and development to support you with your career goals and progression within the hotel and wider business.
What do you need to know about Adnams and our Team?
We make amazing award-winning beers and spirits from our home in Southwold, have some great shops across the region and operate some stunning pubs and hotels. We understand the value of every customer and work hard to deliver amazing service in a time of exciting innovation and digital transformation.
We do all of this while caring passionately about the environment, our local communities and our wider social responsibilities.
At Adnams we really care about diversity and are proud of our culture where everyone is respected, valued and treated with kindness.
What are we looking for?
Serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner throughout the year you will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of exemplary service from your serving team.
As our restaurant manager you will ideally have similar experience working within a fast paced environment and a good knowledge of beers, wines, spirits and cocktails with at least a WSET Level 2 qualification. We provide continual and extensive product training from the wider Adnams teams, given our brewing, distillery and wine heritage.
Excellent communication, time-keeping and organisational skills are essential, as well as a clear, fair and empathetic leadership style that matches the core people values that we uphold at Adnams. An ability to teach, motivate, develop and inspire others is crucial, celebrating successes and taking pride in all we do.
What's in it for you?
Hopefully, a sense of pride that you are working for a business that cares about the important stuff and a lot of fun working with an amazing bunch of people.
Enthusiastic and hard-working people who join Adnams tend to stay around so we must get quite a lot of things right. We really admire innovation and are not afraid to try something new, so you get to put new ideas into practice to deliver even better results for everyone.