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Resturant Manager

Dave & Buster's

Livonia, MIFull-time$59–69K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$59–69K/yr
Location
Livonia, MI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Restaurant & Operations Manager provides leadership, supervision, and direction on strategic initiatives and operating standards to support business results and the guest experience. The role oversees business operations, leads hourly team members, and works with the management team to achieve high-quality, timely results. It involves an average 50-hour work week and requires working weekends, nights, and holidays.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cost ManagementTeam LeadershipGuest ExperienceCommunicationRestaurant Operations

Qualifications

Must Be 21+2+ Years Restaurant/Hospitality ExperienceWeekend, Night, and Holiday Availability

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Job Description:

THE RESTAURANT & OPERATIONS MANAGER: provides overall leadership, supervision, and direction on strategic initiatives and operating standards to positively impact business results and exceed the guest experience.

What we are looking for!

  • You love working in a fast-paced, multi-faceted Restaurant/Entertainment scene

  • You can communicate with the Team Members and Guests in a way that inspires FUN!

  • You like immediate gratification! Nothing better than making someone's experience better or inspiring your team to play at a higher level

  • You have never met a goal you can't beat

  • You can handle 100K days while walking five miles a shift & working an average of 50-hour work weeks

  • The ability to oversee all aspects of the business - from the most minor details to the big picture

Requirements:

  • 21+ years of age
  • 2+ years of Restaurant/Hospitality Experience
  • Proficient in managing the cost of goods sold and labor
  • Ability to lead a team to create a memorable guest experience
  • True leadership capabilities
  • The ability to work weekends, nights, and holidays
  • Not afraid to work in a fast-paced, noisy environment with distracting conditions

What will you be doing daily?

  • Developing and leading hourly team members to exceed guest’s expectations
  • Demonstrating proactive leadership by ensuring positive staff and guest experiences through personal interactions
  • Interacting with guest service-focused team members in areas of recruiting, hiring, coaching, training, and contentious professional development
  • Living our core values along with leading others to do so while collaborating with the management team to achieve high-quality and timely results

PERKS!

  • Competitive salary

  • Quarterly bonus program

  • Health, Dental, Vision, Long & Short-term Disability

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Buster’s Legacy Fund (Supports team members during difficult times)

  • 401K matching plan

  • FREE food

  • FREE gameplay

  • Large leadership team = multiple managers per shift

  • FUN work environment

  • Grow your career! • Two FUN brands (Dave & Buster’s and Main Event Entertainment) under one roof = Double the growth opportunities

Dave & Buster’s Inc./Main Event Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary Range: 58629- 68976

We are an equal opportunity employer and participate in E-Verify in states where required.

How this job compares

Set against the 13,194 open Restaurant Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$59–69K/yr
  • Michigan median$59–68K/yr68 salary ranges
  • US median$58–70K/yr1,752 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $64K, is close to the Michigan median midpoint ($63K) — in the middle half of Restaurant Manager salary ranges in Michigan.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 417 open Restaurant Manager jobs in Michigan and 13,194 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Restaurant Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (4,519 postings).
Education
74 of the 13,194 open Restaurant Manager jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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