An okay starting job - Host Bistro Live Employee Review

3.0
28 Jan 2023
Recommend
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Pros

It's lively and a great place to work if you aren't looking to earn a living wage but more so some pocket money as the place is only open on Friday and Saturday and pay minimum wage.

Cons

It's exhausting work for the pay rate and you cannot keep your tips. I have never received any tips in my pay slip but you aren't allowed to take your own tips. Because of the short work weeks, the staff consisted of mostly school students as it's impossible to make a living wage as a host/ waitress. I had asked for a raise on multiple occasions but ended my year on the same rate as when I started.

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2.0
2 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

There are moments of genuine fun - staff dances, certain interaction with customers. Owners are competent, even friendly, but ultimately view you as nothing more than a cog in their system. You do get put in a range of roles, very early on. It’s a first job, to be taken only as it instils the basic skills needed to work in hospitality.

Cons

Overworked, underpaid. Minimum wage, no tips or bonuses. 0 hour contract. I received 2 hours training before starting the job. Hostile working environment, consisting of new employees that do not know what they are doing, and long term employees who have grown complacent in their roles. Corners are cut at every opportunity to keep the ailing business afloat. Staff are hired as young as possible to justify paying them a pittance. And to ensure they have as little experience as possible, so they have no reference as to how a decent employer behaves. When close up runs beyond your hours, you are expected to work, unpaid. It is considered ‘your fault’ for working too slowly, even when work is shared and co workers fail to pull their weight. Moreover, frequent understaffing has you performing the roles of 3 workers combined.

5.0
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Everything - friendly colleagues, support offered when needed

Cons

Nothing comes to my mind

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