Breakfast Commis Barista

Company: Nobu Hotel Portman Square

Location:
London (West)
W1H 7BG
London

Date Posted: 2025-10-16 00:00:53

Salary: Up to £16 per hour including service charge and benefits

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Closing date: 17/11/2025

As a Breakfast Commis Barista, you will help set the tone for our guests’ day by preparing and serving exceptional coffee and tea throughout breakfast service. Working closely with our baristas, you’ll ensure a smooth and efficient drinks operation while delivering warm, attentive Nobu hospitality.

You will

  • Create an exceptional breakfast experience for every guest
  • Prepare and serve a range of teas, coffees and beverages with precision and consistency
  • Support senior baristas during busy service periods and step into the role when required
  • Maintain a thorough knowledge of the breakfast menu, including all drink items and accompaniments
  • Ensure all service prep — milk, coffee beans, garnishes and equipment — is ready before service
  • Keep all work areas and equipment clean, organised and in line with Nobu’s hygiene standards
  • Provide friendly, genuine service that reflects Nobu’s crafted approach
  • Support and train new team members, helping them feel part of the team
  • Work collaboratively across departments to maintain smooth operations
  • Attend team briefings and share ideas to improve the guest experience
  • Uphold company and statutory safety standards at all times
  • Embody Nobu values of Family, Crafted, Smile and Kokoro in every guest interaction
  • Shifts - 30 hours a week 6am - 12pm

What We’re Looking For

You bring a passion for coffee, service and hospitality, with experience in a guest-facing role — ideally in a luxury hotel or restaurant. You are proactive, detail-oriented and eager to develop your barista skills under expert guidance. With a warm personality, calm energy and genuine smile, you create mornings that feel effortless and memorable for every guest.

Benefits of Joining Our Team

  • £1000 Refer a Friend Scheme
  • Two hotel wide social events each year including our Employee Awards Night
  • Discounted overnight stays across Nobu properties worldwide
  • Discounted Pilates classes and wellness treatments
  • Opportunities to progress within our hotel and the wider Nobu portfolio
  • Innovative learning and development opportunities
  • Exciting wellness and volunteering initiatives
  • Up to 33 holiday days through length of service
  • Life Assurance Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Discounts on all food and beverage
  • Free meals while on duty

Nobu Hotels effortlessly blends modern luxury and minimal Japanese tradition into the concept of a lifestyle hotel. Filled with cutting-edge design and stunning spaces, Nobu Hotels provides remarkable hospitable service and an unparalleled experience like nothing before. Helming from world renowned

Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro and Meir Teper, the Nobu Hotels concept is a remarkable conjunction of exquisite cuisine, innovation and creativity.

Nobu Hotel London Portman Square features 249 guest rooms and suites, together with a Nobu restaurant, ballroom and meeting spaces beautifully conceptualised by London-based architecture and interior design firm, David Collins Studio, in conjunction with Make Architects.

We are looking for great people that embody our core values of Kokoro, Smile, Family & Crafted.

You will share our passion, deliver quality results and have the courage to be different and creative within your specialism.

 

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