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General Restaurant Manager - Gauteng
Position : General Restaurant Manager - Gauteng
Position: General Manager – Fine Dining Restaurants
Location: Pretoria & Johannesburg, GautengIndustry: Hospitality | Fine Dining
Overview
We are recruiting an experienced and driven General Manager to lead high-end, fine-dining restaurant operations in Pretoria and Johannesburg. This role requires a hands-on hospitality leader with a passion for exceptional guest experiences, strong financial acumen, and the ability to inspire and manage high-performing teams in a premium dining environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of restaurant operations, ensuring service excellence, profitability, and brand standards are consistently upheld.
Key Responsibilities
- Full operational management of a fine-dining restaurant
- Deliver exceptional guest experiences aligned with luxury service standards
- Lead, mentor, and develop FOH and BOH management teams
- Ensure staffing levels, training, and performance management are optimised
- Oversee financial performance, including budgets, cost control, and profit margins
- Monitor and improve service standards, quality control, and operational procedures
- Maintain compliance with health, safety, and labour regulations
- Build strong relationships with suppliers, partners, and stakeholders
- Drive sales growth through service excellence, upselling, and guest retention
- Represent the brand professionally at all times
Required profile for job ad : General Restaurant Manager - Gauteng
Minimum Requirements
- Proven experience as a General Manager or Senior Restaurant Manager within a fine-dining or premium hospitality environment
- Strong understanding of high-end service standards and guest expectations
- Excellent leadership, communication, and people-management skills
- Solid financial and operational management experience
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and public holidays
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Passion for hospitality and delivering memorable dining experiences
Preferred Attributes
- Experience managing multiple outlets or high-volume fine-dining restaurants
- Strong wine, food, and luxury hospitality knowledge
- Results-driven mindset with a focus on growth and excellence
- Well-presented, professional, and brand-focused
Job criteria for job ad : General Restaurant Manager - Gauteng
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Job category :
Management - Tourism, hotel business and catering -
Industries :
Event, receptionist - Hotel business, catering - Luxury, cosmetics - Employment type : Permanent contract
- Region : Gauteng - International
- City : Gauteng
- Experience level : 2 to 5 years - 5 to 10 years - More than 10 years
- Educational level : High school - Technical school - College - HND - Bachelor - Master - Doctorate
- Spoken language :
afrikaans > fluent - english > fluent - Number of Position(s) : 3
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Salary expectations :
R 27,000 - 35,000 -
Team management :
Yes
- Leadership
- Tourism
- Compliance
- Management
- Operational Management
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