Required Years of Experience
1 year
Job Details
Our hosts set the pace for the whole restaurant. Join the opening team at Turning Point's brand-new University City restaurant. We're looking for hosts with at least a year of restaurant or customer-service experience, and paid training starts mid-November.
What you'll do
- Greet every guest, manage the waitlist and quote honest wait times
- Seat the room so servers and the kitchen stay balanced ("Bus 1, Set 1, Seat 1")
- Answer phones and handle call-aheads and takeout pickups
- Keep menus, the host stand and the entry clean and stocked
- Thank every guest on the way out
What we're looking for
- 1+ years of restaurant or customer-service experience
- Friendly, organized and calm when there's a line out the door
- Weekends required; holidays as scheduled
- 18+ and authorized to work in the U.S.
What we offer
- $15-$17/hr based on experience
- Day shifts only: we close at 3pm every day
- Paid training
- Trade and pick up shifts in our scheduling app (manager-approved)
- Room to move up to server
Sample schedule
- Morning: about 7:15am-3:30pm
- Weekend peak: about 8:30am-2:30pm
- Weekends required; holidays as scheduled
About Turning Point
Turning Point is an award-winning, daytime-only breakfast, brunch & lunch restaurant with 30+ locations across NJ, PA, DE, VA and FL. Our University City restaurant opens in late November 2026, near SEPTA's 40th St El station. We're open 7:30am-3:00pm every day, so our team never works nights.
One Team, One Goal: no FOH vs. BOH. Every role matters, and in a rush we solve problems instead of pointing fingers. Our managers will never ask you to do something they wouldn't do themselves.
Apply in 2 minutes. We respond to every applicant within 48 hours.
The Turning Point location you are applying to is an independently owned and operated franchise location. This location is NOT managed or operated by the franchisor, Turning Point Franchisee System, LLC or Turning Point Holding Company, LLC or an affiliate. Franchisees are independent business owners who set their own compensation, wage and benefit programs, and are obligated to follow all local, state, and federal laws. All hiring and termination decisions will be made by the franchisee.
Compensation Details
Compensation: Hourly ($15.00 - $17.00)
Benefits & Perks: Paid Training, Flexible Schedule
Required Skills
Guest Service
Seating Management
Phone Etiquette
Organization
Teamwork
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Turning Point – University City is a daytime restaurant serving breakfast, brunch, and lunch from 7:30am to 3:00pm, seven days a week. We're a 200-seat location in One uCity Square, in the middle of Philadelphia's innovation district — steps from Drexel, Penn, Penn Presbyterian, and the Science Center.
Everything is made to order. Scratch soups, dressings, and salsas, eggs cracked by hand all morning, a seasonal menu that changes through the year, and premium regional coffee.
Here's what makes working here different: no nights, ever. We're in early and out by mid-afternoon. No 11pm closes, no doubles, no missing dinner with your family. That schedule is the whole point — it's why our people stay.
We're a locally owned Turning Point franchise opening a brand-new restaurant with a founding team we intend to promote from. If you want to work in a serious, high-volume dining room and kitchen without giving up your evenings, come talk to us.
