Bud's Restaurant & Bar Host
Part-Time
PM Shifts
La Playa Hotel
Carmel by the Sea, CA
Posted March 6, 2026 by Marc & Rose Hospitality
Elevate Your Career: Be the Heartbeat of Bud's in Carmel-by-the-Sea
Compensation: Starting at $16.90 per hour plus tips
Perks: Great benefits package. Employee discounts. Great working atmosphere!
Imagine stepping into a role where your primary mission is to orchestrate a flawless first impression, setting the stage for an unforgettable dining experience at the heart of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Nestled within the historic walls of La Playa Hotel, Bud’s welcomes a charismatic envoy to enhance our vibrant team.
This isn’t just any position. It’s a chance to become the face of a cherished community locale, an opportunity to connect, charm, and guide our eclectic guests through what might just be the best dining experience of their lives.
Your New Stage
From the cozy corners of our Lounge to the literary embrace of the Library Room and out onto the scenic vistas of the Pacific Terrace, your workspace is the envy of the town. Here, every shift brings new stories and new faces, all set against the backdrop of ocean breezes and the whispers of history.
Play Your Part
- Master the art of welcoming: Be the smile that greets the world.
- Take charge of our dynamic spaces, managing the ebb and flow of patrons with grace.
- Be the maestro of reservations, ensuring every guest feels expected and treasured.
- Channel essential details to the team, turning special occasions into extraordinary experiences.
- Support the seamless symphony of service with agility and finesse.
Are You Ready to Shine?
Join us if you vibrate at a frequency of unwavering professionalism, if multitasking is your second nature, and if you thrive amid the bustling ballet of hospitality. Your toolkit should include a sparkling personality, effortless poise, and the ability to navigate the demands of a fast-paced environment.
A nod to the connoisseurs of customer engagement, an understanding of reservation systems, and a background in making guests feel cherished would set you apart. Reliable, punctual, and with a penchant for standing as the stalwart of the entrance, you’re the host we’re waiting for.
Schedule
Your presence will be requested Thursday through Sunday, beginning each day at the golden hour of 3 PM.
Step into a realm where your role is more than a job—it’s the heart and soul of Bud’s at La Playa. We don’t just host guests, we make them feel like part of the story—a story you could help write.
La Playa Hotel's and Hotel Carmel’s leaders and team members believe each guest should be treated with respect and professionalism. We create a heartfelt experience of genuine hospitality, enticing our guests to return again and again. In order to be successful at La Playa Hotel and Hotel Carmel, associates must share both our Purpose (Making Space for Genuine Hospitality) and Pillars (Hands On & Heartfelt, Sincere & Focused, Collaborative & Curious, & Conscientious). This includes possessing and demonstrating a high level of courtesy and respect for both internal and external guests. Our forward-thinking, fun, friendly, engaging and enthusiastic associates treat every guest as if they were our only guest. A true customer focus is essential to success with our property.
La Playa Hotel
Once a luxurious mansion built in 1905 by an artist as a gift to his wife, a member of the Ghirardelli family, for over 100 years La Playa Hotel has been known as the “Grande Dame of Carmel.” This landmark boutique hotel is tucked minutes away from Carmel's famed white sand beach and features turn-of-the-century charm with premier Pacific views. The hotel's 75-guest rooms reflect a sophisticated beach cottage style and are comfortably appointed. The cornerstone of one of California’s most prestigious neighborhoods, La Playa Hotel places art galleries, shops, fine restaurants, tasting rooms and scenic beauty just outside its doorstep. From the morning's Champagne Breakfast to the sunset wine reception and late-night cookies and milk, guests will relish the hotel's luxury amenities and be treated to an extraordinary Carmel experience.
About the Company
Family-owned and family-built, Marc & Rose is an eclectic collection of iconic resorts and hidden gems — each a tribute to place-based sensuality and playful improvisation. Born of an irreverent spirit and a passion for hard work, our collection makes its home across the American West. It embodies the sounds, smells, and colors of iconic landscapes – and it doesn’t come to life without the human heart.
Our passionate team breathes new life into familiar places, imagines original spaces into being, and practices the art of welcome. We consider hospitality an essential part of being human. But it is also a calling — a creative and professional pursuit that requires curiosity, care, and grit. Because the heartbeat of genuine hospitality is always, first and foremost, you.
La Playa Hotel provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, La Playa Hotel complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
M/F/D/V
| Address | Camino Real & 8th Ave, Carmel by the Sea, CA 93921 |
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| Property Type | Hotel |
| # Properties | 1 |
| # Jobs | 4 |
About Marc & Rose Hospitality
Practicing Genuine Hospitality Since 1962
Marc & Rose is a company of professionals passionate about opening doors for travelers; about cheering, 'the more the merrier!' as a party of two becomes twenty; about food first and questions later; about sharing stories around a fire and making friends among strangers. We are owner-operators, which enables us to practice high-touch, genuine hospitality within intentionally crafted and sophisticated spaces. By deploying well-earned generational knowledge, we create places that settle the soul and stoke the spirit. Our hospitality emerges at the intersection of empathy, aesthetics, and atmosphere. It is an instrument of connection and care; a practice.
We are committed to fundamentals and to the evolving rhythm of a genuinely warm welcome. That is why we never stop studying people and places, integrating and honing our skills, training our minds and bodies, and reimagining what’s possible. We keep channels open and hearts attuned. It is because of our decades-long devotion to excellence that we are able to practice skillful improvisation and appropriate restraint. With a passion for hard work and genuine hospitality, we leverage our knowledge and lifelong curiosity to build worlds — containers and catalysts for spontaneous joy.
We know that each of us is the host one day; the next, the traveler. Both roles require a willingness to say, “yes” to life and to each other; to step perceptively into the now. At Marc + Rose, what emerges is as magical as it is earnest: a tradition of warm and sophisticated hospitality. We live to welcome.
Why people like to work here
Marc & Rose is an eclectic collection of iconic resorts and hidden gems — each a tribute to place-based discovery, sensuality, and improvisation. Born of an irreverent spirit and a passion for hard work, the collection makes its home across the American West. It embodies the sounds, smells, and colors of iconic landscapes. This passionate, multigenerational collective breathes new life into familiar places, imagines original spaces into being, and practices the art of welcoming one-time strangers into belonging — whether for the length of a single stay, or over a lifetime of return visits. To this team, hospitality is an essential part of being human and also a calling — a creative pursuit that requires curiosity, care, and grit.
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