Ready to take on a key leadership role at one of Melbourne’s most iconic venues? Hotel Esplanade (The Espy) is looking for an experienced Restaurant Manager to take ownership of our front-of-house food and service operations across multiple spaces within the venue. With our current Restaurant Manager moving into a Head Office role, we’re looking for a strong hospitality leader who can continue developing our teams, elevate service standards and bring a genuine focus to the food and dining experience across The Espy.

The role

You’ll oversee the operations of Mya Tiger, Louey’s, Espy Kitchen, Ghost Bar and the Green Room, working closely with the Venue Manager and broader leadership team.

- Leading FOH food, beverage and service operations across multiple outlets
- Rostering, training, coaching and developing the team
- Developing and embedding strong sequences of service
- Driving consistently high service and guest experience standards
- Working closely with the Venue Manager on large-scale events
- Developing and executing concepts that drive revenue and venue performance
- Financial oversight and cost control across your areas of responsibility
- Building strong, capable teams and future hospitality leaders

What’s on Offer

- $90,000 + Super
- A key leadership role at the iconic Hotel Esplanade – The Espy
- Ownership across multiple food, restaurant and bar operations within one incredible venue
- The chance to shape FOH service standards, training and team development
- Work closely with an experienced Venue Manager and broader leadership team
- Genuine autonomy to develop and execute revenue-driving ideas and concepts
- Exposure to large-scale events and high-volume operations




- Genuine career progression across Australian Venue Co.’s extensive portfolio of venues
- Access to AVC employee benefits, discounts and development opportunities

About you

You’ll be an experienced Restaurant Manager or senior hospitality leader with a strong background in high-volume food and beverage operations. You know what great service looks like, understand the commercial side of running a successful operation and enjoy developing teams.

Make your career one to remember at Aus Venue Co. The work you do will directly impact everyone of our customers and our aim is to ensure our employees are provided with the support and knowledge to exceed our customers’ expectations.

Australian Venue Co. promotes a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion through programs like AVC Pride for LGBTQIA+ support, Her Hospo for empowering women, and a First Nations Committee for reconciliation. We are committed to growing our understanding and engagement in diversity, equity and inclusion to build a more inclusive industry.

Turn your hospo job into a rewarding career

Whether you’re already in a hospitality management role or you’re ready for career progression into management, you can take the next step with Australian Venue Co. We’re passionate about training & developing our team members and providing internal career advancement opportunities.

At AVC, we turn hospo jobs into careers! Join our team & get access to our AdVanCe Career Pathways program, our in-house development program that is tailored to the hospitality industry.

If your next step is to become a Duty Manager, Assistant Venue Manager or Venue Manager, we can support you on your career journey.

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📌 Food & Beverage Manager | Hotel Esplanade – St Kilda (Melbourne)
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📍 Melbourne