Restaurant Manager
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Knot Bakehouse is currently looking for an experienced and hands-on Restaurant Manager to lead the daily operations of our café and bakehouse branch in Al Ain. We are seeking a strong hospitality professional with experience managing coffee shops, artisan bakeries, pastry concepts, or modern café environments.
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Overview
Knot Bakehouse is currently looking for an experienced and hands-on Restaurant Manager to lead the daily operations of our café and bakehouse branch in Al Ain.
We are seeking a strong hospitality professional with experience managing coffee shops, artisan bakeries, pastry concepts, or modern café environments.
The ideal candidate should have a passion for guest experience, team leadership, and maintaining operational excellence within a fast-paced food and beverage setting.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the overall daily operations of the café, bakery, and front-of-house team
- Lead, motivate, and train service staff to ensure high hospitality standards
- Coordinate closely with kitchen, pastry, and barista teams for smooth daily operations
- Monitor manpower planning, scheduling, productivity, and staff performance
- Ensure exceptional customer service and professionally handle guest concerns
- Maintain quality standards across food presentation, beverages, pastries, and service execution
- Oversee inventory management, stock ordering, and wastage control
- Monitor sales performance and support business growth initiatives
- Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, and municipality regulations
- Maintain operational consistency and company service standards
- Support management with reporting, operational improvements, and team development
Requirements
- Minimum 3–5 years of experience in managing cafés, bakehouses, bakeries, coffee shops, or casual dining concepts
- Strong experience handling high-volume operations
- Background in specialty coffee, pastries, desserts, or brunch-focused concepts is highly preferred
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent operational and problem-solving abilities
- Strong customer service and communication skills
- Experience in inventory management, cost control, and daily reporting is an advantage
- Excellent English communication skills is a must
- UAE experience is preferred
- Candidates currently based in the UAE will be highly preferred
Preferred Background
- Candidates with experience from specialty coffee brands, artisan bakeries, dessert cafés, or trendy lifestyle dining concepts will be highly considered.
- You may also send your CVs to **[email protected]**, with subject line "**Restaurant Manager - Al Ain**"
- ***Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.***
- Ability to commute/relocate:
- Al-Ayn: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Application Question(S)
- What is your notice period?
- What is your visa status?
- How much is your asking salary?
Experience
- Restaurant Manager: 2 years (Required)
Location
- Al-Ayn (Required)
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