Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Tuesday AM&PM 8.12.14

Written By: Cameron Stangel

LY Lunch Sales:$1409
Projected Sales:$1645
TY Lunch Sales:$1804
+/- :$159 over projections. $395 and 28% over LY lunch sales.
Lunch Covers:103
Avg PPA:$17.51

LY Dinner Sales: $3454
Projected Sales:$4145
TY Dinner Sales:$3927
+/- :-$218 down from projections. $473 and 14% over LY dinner. 18% up from the whole day LY
Dinner Covers:146
Avg PPA:$26.89

Weather:HOT

Any Special events going on?:None that I am aware of

Who worked?:
AM: Lindsey, Clair, Kate, Johnny, Sarah (H), Krystin (FR)
PM: Lindsey, Krystin, Joel, Jason, Kate, Lina (H), Hiroe (FR), Kaori (SA)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
AM: 4 on with no SA worked out well today. Everyone chipped in to bus tables and do waters. Sarah did great leaving the host stand to reset tables but always faced the door to see if new customers were coming in. I think she is finally starting to feel comfortable in the host position and is really showing inactivate and ownership of the position. We never went on wait but we filled up. I went 3 on by 1 and 1 on at 1:45pm. I had a table in a rush that was waiting on a 35 minute sushi lunch, once I talked to them they were ok. I have them $10 Kome bucks to come back when they weren't so pressed for time. They happily agreed. Johnny won highest alcohol sales during lunch and won $10 Kome bucks

PM: Tonight started out really slow. We didn't go on wait until 8pm. We had a problem with the reso at 8pm, they grew to 14 people so we had to move them to the back B's and out of the party room. Lindsey was kind of bummed but didn't let it get her down and she shook it off and still gave 100%. We had a 9 top walk in at 9:30pm but they were in and out. Everything went smoothly tonight and ticket times were steady.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Sarah is really improving

Lindsey did a good job not letting her losing the party room wear off on her

Jason is an efficient closer
Any VIP's in?

Comps& Void Detail:
F&F for Nick's friend, F&F for Joel's friend
$10 Kome bucks to table with 35 minute sushi lunch and very rude and upset customers :(
$10 Kome bucks to looooong ticket time for 6 nigiri pieces
$10 Kome bucks to Johnny for highest lunch alcohol sales
Void escolar, DNL too dry
R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?

I had 2 great interviews today and set them both up for training this week before Lina takes off. My other trainee never showed up today, oh well hopefully these other two are better

Monday, August 11, 2014

Monday recap 8/11/14

Written By: Dusten-San

LY Lunch Sales: $1356
Projected Sales: $1542
TY Lunch Sales: $1569
+/- : up $27 over projected and up 16% from last year
Lunch Covers: the iPad says there was 17.... it also says it was reset at 4:44pm, so I know that is incorrect.
Avg PPA:

LY Dinner Sales: 4081
Projected Sales: 4675
TY Dinner Sales: 4418
+/- : -$684 off projected and down 8% from LY
Dinner Covers: 154
Avg PPA:$26.5

Weather: hot-n-steamy.... then slightly stormy

Any Special events going on?: R.I.P. Robin Williams.

Who worked?:
Lunch: Kate, Clair, Sayo, Sarah FR, Lina SA and Ruthie Hosting
Dinner: Joel, Camacho, Miho, Krystin and Steph CL. Jason SA, Hiroe FR and Lina Hosting.

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Lunch was an odd shift. The sushi bar was full and the dining room was empty and then the bar was dead and the tables were full. Nothing out of wack. Uneventful and smooth. Made first cuts at 1pm and then one on at 1:45pm.
Dinner: Disappointing sales! We filled up around 7pm. Several incomplete parties littered the lobby. The kitchen got hit pretty hard during that hour. I think one table waited nearly 15 minutes for a Kome salad. Joel forgot to ring in an order of gyoza for his party room not long before we needed to have them wrapping up. Kitchen grudgingly pushed it through. Thanks homies! Speaking of reservations tonight... the first party didn't like that they couldn't show up incomplete and 20 minutes late. Lina explained we had another reservation for the party room at 8pm... they acted as if they thought they'd get the room as long as they thought they could stand to be in there. The 8pm reservation shows up as we are in full swing. They had ('had' being the operative word) a reservation for 6 people at 8pm. They showed up and said there'd only be five of them. Lina carefully explained that because they essentially did not hold up to their end of the reservation agreement, we would have to put them on the queue and at a regular table. This did not go over well. They wanted to be seated ahead of everyone else who had been waiting up to an hour already... because they "had a reservation." They questioned Lina's explanation of and adherence to our very simple reservation policy as poor customer service and asked to see a manager. I basically went through the same thing with them. They explained to me that they "had a reservation" and therefor should be allowed to cut in line of everyone else. I told them that they "had a reservation for 6 people" and showed up with 5, so they no longer had a reservation because we don't reserve anything for less than 6 people. This went around and around until they understood they weren't getting anywhere. The alpha-twerp asked me if we had gotten any bad yelp reviews concerning our seating policy. I replied that surely there were a few, but we couldn't be all things to all people, so if anything we tried to be universal in our policies and therefor fair to everyone. They left Camacho a 10% tip with a note citing our 'ridiculous seating policy and rude management.' After closing and discussing the situation with Camacho and Lina, Lina mentioned when the 5 top ahead of the 8pm'ers in line were actually sat at B7, they said, "We hope those guys never get a table."

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): Lunch servers brought their A-game today.
PM: Joel had a few issues today. Nothing major- just areas that could use improvement. I spoke with him about these things and he admitted he felt a little off today. Miho always sets the stardard for service and professionalism on the sales floor. Lina dealt with some difficult customers with unwavering cheerfulness... even after they asked to speak with me. They were better off with her!

Any VIP's in?
AM:Rachel and a friend for lunch. Kayo, Kenta and Moto. The owner of Thai of the Town came in also. Trevor and his girlfriend. Hausbar lady and a friend.
PM: Rachel (again) and Carlos, some industry folk.

Comps& Void Detail:Owner Comp for Kayo. FNF for Trevor. Comp'd a tsukemono, guest DNL and a Kome salad for long ticket time. a couple SIN discounts.

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more? Topo Chico

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Sunday 8/10/14 PM recap

Written By: Dusten



LY Dinner Sales: $3721
Projected Sales: $4421
TY Dinner Sales:$4418
+/- :-$3 from projected and up 19% over LY
Dinner Covers: 207
Avg PPA: $21.66

Weather: triple digit fun

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?: Sayo, Krystin, Joel, Clair, Camacho CL, Ruthy Host, Hiroe FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:Pretty steady. We were full aside from the sushi bad at 6:15 and went on wait not long after. We stayed on wait until nearly 9pm. I cut Clair and Joel then and then Krystin at 9:30 and Sayo at 9:50pm. I would've cut Krystin and Sayo a bit sooner but I was a little caught up in helping the floor with SA duties. Several large tables walked in. At least 3 5-tops and maybe 2 6-tops.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):Ruthie, Hiroe and Krystin were awesome tonight. I asked Hiroe to really help out tonight because we were short a person, and Ruthy stepped up as well. The three of us were flying around all night. Krystin was the only one on the floor faster than us. I might've gotten to a few of her empty tables to bus and reset before she did... but not many. I concentrated on mainly getting the tables clear. Hiroe grabbed what she could when she could between running food and Ruthy was all over resetting the tables. Krystin stayed on everyone's table refilling waters. Not only that, but I think she was the only one who didn't have any misrings to correct.

Any VIP's in?John came in early on. Kat came in also. There were probably others but I was too busy to take too much notice. I know I recognized some faces that I don't have names for.

Comps& Void Detail:Kappa maki misring (Camacho), Tonpei Yaki misring (Clair), Joel had an undercooked yakitori go out to B2, had the kitchen remake and comped it. A takoyaki took nearly 40 minutes to go to one of Sayo's tables.... comped that for them also. Had a guest change their mind from a Kome salad to a farm salad. 2 sake-toro nigiri's to Joel's party room were misrang. 1 B-day dessert (camenbert tempura) 1 b-day buzztable 10% discount and a single buzztable edamame. Snowpiercer discount card.

R&M needs?:Someone broke the T-shirt display... buncha savages in this town.

86'd items/ need more? More wine bottle stoppers

Sunday AM 8.10.14

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales: $1954
Projected Sales: $2105
TY Lunch Sales:$2183
+/- : beat LY by 12% and projected by $78
Lunch Covers: 139
Avg PPA:$15.71
 
Weather:hotttt

Any Special events going on?: last day of tax free shopping...dare I go after work?

Who worked?:Kate, Clair, Joel, Alex CL. Jason SA, Lina FR, Ruthie Host

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
We filled up pretty quick, as is normal on Sundays. Had a walk in 9 top in addition to our already 9top reso right at noon. The horseshoe section got full first, then the back A's then finally the back B's. The party room kept Alex occupied while the sushi bar was empty. All of lunch was steady. I set a contest: Must sell 4 to get in: bubbles of any kind (Cava, Prosecco or Momo) but no one won. Alcohol is a pretty hard sell here and I'm just not sure why.
The staff was constantly moving during service today, which was good. Had a guy find a tiny piece of plastic in the tofu teishoku. Looks like it came from a cracked container. He was super cool about it, I brought him a new one, and apologized profusely. When they were leaving he said thank you again and told me I handled it with grace. A very much appreciated compliment, considering the last guest that found something in their food I got reamed out on Yelp about it.
We went on a wait around 12:45 and stayed on a short wait until about 1:45. I cut down to 2 at 2pm and Alex & Kate rocked it from there. Not a whole lot happened after 2:30 though. Lots of 5 tops in again today. Not sure what it is about lately but we have had a lot of larger groups in. 


3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Jason- at one point was standing in the service station, with his hands on a glassrack that needed to be put up, but not doing anything. I asked if he could take care of the glasses instead of holding the rack. he said sure, he was just assessing the dining room. He flakes out sometimes I swear.

Alex was a great team player today, helping bus and prebus outside her section

Jersey was pumping out Ramen like a rockstar. Had the 2 9-tops sit at the same time and he was able to handle 9 ramens with ease. Can we keep him, ma!? Can we!?


Any VIP's in?
creepy eyes guy and his daughter (I should learn his name), Jersey's wife

Comps& Void Detail:
2 nigiri peices, kitchen long ticket time on a saba so we bought him some pieces since he was sitting at sushi bar.
Tofu Steak- Long ticket time comp but it was because the only one applicable to the plastic in the tofu was that (in that it related to the kitchen)
Voided a maine root- guest changed mind
voided an uni- see below.

R&M needs?:
Just need to get that fan installed in the prep area. 

86'd items/ need more?
About some 86 items- Joel rang in an Uni, and he said that it needed to be voided because it was 86'd and that the sushi bar didn't know it was 86'd until someone rang it in. Do you think we would be able to check the fish and get an accurate 86 on items before the shift starts?

Saturday PM 8.9.14

Written By: Cameron Stangel


LY Dinner Sales: $6952
Projected Sales:$7430
TY Dinner Sales:$6431

+/- :-$999 short of projections. -$521 and -7% short from LY dinner. 4% over all up from the whole day LY
Dinner Covers:238
Avg PPA:$27.02


Weather: super hot

Any Special events going on?: ice cream festival, anime overload, my first motorcycle (scooter) lesson

Who worked?:jason, naoto, lindsey, Sophia, dusten, jason (sa), hiroe (fr), Lina (h), ruthy (h), kristin (ct)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
By the time I came on we were already on a wait by 7. The wait times were only lasting about 10-15 minutes. By 8:15 we were completely off wait. I had a feeling we would pick back up so I was hesitant to make any cuts. By 9 we didn't pick up at all so I cut down to only 4 by 9:30 still nothing so I cut to 3. At this point, we started to fill back up. I wouldn't call it another pop and we never got back on wait but we did start to fill back up again. We remained stead but not 100% full. At 1045 I went one on.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Jason seemed to be lagging today. I found him just chatting in the server station and I went up and grabbed the water pitcher from him and watered the restaurant myself..for someone who was so sick to call out last minute yesterday, he was confident enough to do much but chat today.

Sophia and Lindsey were both vocal when they needed help with anything before they got over their heads

Any VIP's in?

Comps& Void Detail:

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Saturday AM 8.9.14

LY Lunch Sales: $1773
Projected Sales: $2316
TY Lunch Sales: $2683
+/- :  up 51% over LY and $367 over projected (also, up almost $1 in avg ppa compared to last saturday!)
Lunch Covers: 159
Avg PPA: $16.87
Weather: Hot hot hot. It's August

Any Special events going on?: Anime Overload, Ice Cream Festival. Also some car thing at the Domain I think.

Who worked?: Clair, Jason, Alex, Johnny CL. Krystin Host, Jason SA, Lina FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:

  • Went on a wait by 12:45, and then it died at 2, so I cut down to 2 servers, then cut down to just Johnny at 2:40. 
  • One of Clairs tables ordered a mango avocado roll & vegetable roll, then when we brought it out they refused it. Clair clarified with them that they had ordered them. They said they didn't. Clair confirmed to me that she double checked their order before ringing it in. Stinkers. 
  • Moto ordered Curry- it came out and tasted sour. Vince made him another. It had gone bad because of the refrigeration issue. Vince said it didn't smell spoiled but unfortunately there was no other way to tell other than tasting it. 
  • Alex had a rude table interrupt her while talking to another table. She got them what they needed, then asked for fresh wasabi. She rang it in, I ran it, and then they said they never ordered it. 
  • Had 2 people sitting at S9-10, and had a friend come in a while after they had sat, and they made S8-7 move down one seat (a quiet young Asian couple.) The couple was in the middle of eating too. I felt really bad, so I apologized to them for that inconvenience and sent them some Shumai. Then I glared at S9 (okay that last part isn't true) But I thought it was very rude of them and didn't know what else to do to compensate the couple for the interruption in their meal 
  • Several larger groups in today, two 6 tops, three 5 tops.
  • Take & Kazu got their asses kicked in Sushi Lunches today. So many sushi lunches today!


3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):

  1. Krystin hosted and is always a pleasure to work with. Keeps a smile on the entire time, no matter how rude the guest. 
  2. Had to remind Jason Clarke that guests go first, even if he has a full tray
  3. Alex was getting a little tense when her tables were being rude. She powered through but was ready to go in the end. 

Any VIP's in?
Moto, Karen

Comps& Void Detail: 

  • Anago- 86'd
  • Voided Veggie Roll (guest change mind) I rerung it for my lunch
  • Comp'd Mango Avo roll for guest changed mind too
  • Shumai - Recovery (johnny)
  • Promo edamame for Camacho B1
  • Kome Bucks for S11-12 from Thinkery Chopstick challange


R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?
We still really need more Ramen bowls. They run out quickly and then that puts them behind waiting for more to be washed.

Ran out of a lot of fish at lunch today.. Hopefully we'll be okay for tomorrow or until the next delivery

Friday PM 8.8.14


LY Dinner Sales:$5884
Projected Sales:$6840
TY Dinner Sales:$6957
+/- :$117 over projections. $1073 and 18% up from LY dinner. 4% over the whole day LY
Dinner Covers:241
Avg PPA:
Weather:Hot hot

Any Special events going on?:Anime overload

Who worked?:Alex, Joel, Sophia, Clair, Dusten,Lina (H/SA), Krystin (H), Ruthy (H), Kaori (FR), Lindsey (CT)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Business started out good. Both parties cancelled but then someone made a last minute resso for 8pm. Between 5-8pm we were able to squeeze 2 more partys in the party room before then! We were pretty steady but didn't go on a wait until 7:45/8. we remained busy until 9:30, at which point I cut Joel and was 4 on. It didnt really pick up crazy again. At 10:30 I went 2 on and 10:45 only 1. Maybe tomorrow we will get all the anime convention people, but tonight we didn't.
Ticket times were good, over all a pretty steady shift.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Jason called out today but did get his shift covered last minute.

Dusten did a fantastic job and won the sales goal challenge :)

Any VIP's in?
Krystin and my former manager, we sent him iikado and yakuniki, this was their first time here and they loved it! He is now the manager at Pint House Pizza.
Comps& Void Detail:
iikado and yakinuki
BOH/SUSHI
manager meal
5tsukiji set-86
2 hotate-void, customer thought it was spicy scallop and reordered
comp'd a 23min soba salad...
F&F to dusten
buzz table edamame and 10% bday
sapporo-wasn't cold, change mind


R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?

Friday, August 8, 2014

Friday AM 8.8.14

LY Lunch Sales: $2405
Projected Sales:$2210
TY Lunch Sales: $1673
+/- :  -30% and short $537
Lunch Covers: 111
Avg PPA: $15.07

Weather: hot. texas hot.

Any Special events going on?: Going into Tax Free Weekend

Who worked?:  Johnny, Sayo, Joel, Lynn CL. Krystin Host, Kaori SA, Hiroe FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:

  • Pretty steady flow of business today. 4 tables in the first 30 minutes, then we went on a wait around 12:30, but partially because we had a few incomplete parties. We were full for a good bit though. When I noticed it was dying down I cut Joel (12:55) and then went 2 on at 1:10 since it had really started to clear out. Kept the two on until Close since it was steady enough.
  •  Had a guy come in around 1:10 and say that the other 3 were on their way and that he needed to be out by 1:45 so I made an exception and sat him, and he ordered immediately through Lynn. Turns out the other 3 was his wife and two small children. They left at 2:15. I hate being lied to. However Lynn said that he was really appreciative of being sat and able to order and have food out for them when they arrived. So I guess that's good. He left happy too. Again, very good!
  • We sold 16 bento's today- they sold very well and I believe have been a credit to our higher PPA at lunch. 
  • Had a lady upset that the pork belly was fatty...umm...oxymoron? I told her typically pork belly is very fatty, but offered to get her more. She accepted and I brought back 2 more pieces of "fatty" pork belly. She seemed okay after that. Understanding as much as she possible could


3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):

  1. Kaori is doing better. Definitely less intense of an SA today. And very helpful. 
  2. Lynn is great- really able to consolidate her tasks and move through the dining room with ease
  3. Steven (kitchen) was burning through those bentos today. From my perspective he was very organized and able to get through the Bento rush (at one point there were 6 bentos on the line)


Any VIP's in?
everyone

Comps& Void Detail:
voided a side salad and clear soup because they ended up ordering a teishoku (lynn), regular makani stuff after that

R&M needs?:
We got the new chairs in, I put them at B5, 6, & 7 since they look a little different. And put the wooden ones back in the bathroom hallway.

86'd items/ need more?

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Thursday PM 8.7.14


LY Dinner Sales: $4489
Projected Sales:$4683
TY Dinner Sales:$4977
+/- : $249 over projections, $488 and 11% over LY Dinner sales. up 16% over the whole day
Dinner Covers:183
Avg PPA:
Weather:hot, hot dangerously hot

Any Special events going on?:nothing

Who worked?:Kate, Sayo, Naoto, Dusten, Sophia, Krystin (H), Sarah (FR), Jason (SA)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Today was a weird Thursday. Maybe, an old typical type of Thursday, but nothing we have had lately. It was seriously 6top after 6top after 6top since we opened, or more. We were on wait by 6pm just because we had to start blocking tables to accommodate all these bigger parties, all at once! Along with all these big parties at least 1/2 of all our guests tonight stayed for 2+ hours, no lie, no one wanted to leave! Poor Sayo, 3 out of her 4 tables were all there for 2.5+hours not ordering anything after the 1st hour...We prebussed so much all they had were water glasses and they still wouldn't move. At 9 I cut to 3. It started to slow so at 9:45 so I let Dusten take the restaurant... A 6top and 4 or 5 2tops walked in between 9:45-10! Thank god everyone's tables stayed for hours so no one actually left early and everyone pitched in to help Dusten. He was fine and I didn't feel like he needed to pass along any tables to anyone else.


3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Sayo stayed positive and helpful considering her sales were only $594 from 5:30pm-910pm and had the camping out tables.

Sarah is doing good at FR. I can see her naming the items she is dropping off and explaining them to the customers.

Krystin's strong hosting came in very handy tonight to put up all these parties.
Any VIP's in?
Stephanie
Comps& Void Detail:
manager meal
employee day off
sushi/BOH
makanai

R&M needs?:


86'd items/ need more?



***BTW there isn't anyone to cover SA shift tomorrow, only shift that was lacking. We are 4 on during lunch so it will be ok if everyone busses and waters on their down time
****edit, Hiroe will be FR tomorrow Kaori will switch to SA I haven't got a hold if her but she is in at 1130 to formally FR 

Thurs AM 8.7.14

OMG Get ready for this!
LY Lunch Sales: $1396
Projected Sales: $1822
TY Lunch Sales: $1823
+/- : HOLY MOSES!!!! Can you believe that!! Am I the only one excited about this! 31% over LY and $1 over Projected!!!
Lunch Covers: 105
Avg PPA: $17.33 (up from $15.21 yesterday!)

Weather: Sunny hot and humid.

Any Special events going on?: nope

Who worked?: Johnny, Sayo, Lynn CL. Krysten SA, Ruthie Host, Hiroe FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Picked up and by 12:27 we were on a wait. Had about 8-10 folks on the waitlist, but got off the wait pretty fast, a little after 1pm. Things ran smoothly. No hiccups or major issues. Had a Shio Saba go out about 5 minutes after an Udon, and don't really know why, but the guest seemed okay. Other than that, it was a smooth sailing lunch. Happy bellies all around

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Johnny, still very helpful.
Ruthie has really grown into the host position. It's good to see her stepping up more and being proactive


Any VIP's in?
Paul from Pioneer

Comps& Void Detail:
Voided 2 Krab Salad Rolls from Lynns table, that changed to sushi lunch
Comp'd an Ikura that I ran to the wrong table (what is wrong with my brain!?)

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Wednesday AM&PM 8.6.14

LY Lunch Sales:$1365
Projected Sales:$1963
TY Lunch Sales:$1719
+/- : -$244 short of lunch projections. $354 and 26% over LY lunch.
Lunch Covers:113
Avg PPA:$15.21

LY Dinner Sales: $3305
Projected Sales:$4591
TY Dinner Sales:$4805
+/- :$214 over projections for dinner. 45% and $1500 over LY dinner sales. 40% over the whole day LY
Dinner Covers:184
 Avg PPA:$26.11


Weather:hot

Any Special events going on?:None that I am aware of

Who worked?:
AM: Krystin, Sayo, Sophia, Lynn, Ruthy (H), Hiroe (FR), Joaquin (**NO CALL NO SHOW**)
PM: Krystin, Naoto, Sophia, Alex, Lindsey, Sarah (FR), Kaori (SA), Ruthy (H).

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch was good. 4 on and no SA worked out. Joaquin had a no call no show, we all stepped up to keep up the maintenance of the restaurant and have waters filled. I went 2 on at 2pm with Lynn and Sophia and had no problems. Ticket times were regular.

Dinner started out great. Wednesdays have been really picking up lately. I think having earlier in times wouldn't hurt. Maybe just by 30 minutes because what I've noticed is from 5-6 we get so busy when the 6pm people come in their section is already full but taken care of by the openers.
Service was good we went on wait at 7 and at 8:30 I cut to 3, 9 went 2 on. Ticket times were good, we had a steady flow of customers

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Joaquin was scheduled to come in at 11:30 for SA. I called him at 12pm, no answer. He called back at 1pm saying he thought worked at night... He was only scheduled for this morning not even tonight so I don't know what he was referring to. He no call no showed with no excuse. He is no longer employeed at Kome. I spoke with him today, his shifts are covered for the rest of the week and he is off the schedule.
-Krystin, Sarah and Kaori all agreed to take on more shifts to make up for Joaquin
Any VIP's in?

Comps& Void Detail:
F&F to a new neighbor family, 1st time to Kome, just moved down the street
buzz table edamame

Alex and Sophia won the challenges today, 1st to show they passed the goal
R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?.

Fresh Plus now requests daily invoices oppose to weekly invoices and wishes to pay daily
*catering receipt for 5:30 Sunday pickup is in money bag

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Tuesday AM&PM 8.5.114

LY Lunch Sales:$1465
Projected Sales:$1583
TY Lunch Sales:$1836
+/- :$256 over projections, 25% and $371 over LY lunch sales
Lunch Covers:113
Avg PPA:

LY Dinner Sales:$3036
Projected Sales:$4145
TY Dinner Sales:$4052
+/- : -$96 short from projections, 33% and $1016 over LY dinner sales. 31% over all day sales from LY
Dinner Covers:142
Avg PPA:$28.53
Weather:hot

Any Special events going on?:none

Who worked?:
AM: Kate, Lindsey, Johnny, Sarah (H), Jason (FR), Lina (SA)
PM: Krystin, Alex, Lindsey, Stephanie, Miho, Ruthy (H), Sarah (FR), Kaori (SA).....ladies night!

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
 AM:
 This morning wasn't out of control. We never went on wait but we stayed consistent and full. Ticket times were normal, but once sushi bar was getting a little bit behind we were able let tables know before it became an issue. Johnny was on top of this. I cut Lindsey at 1pm and stayed 2 until 1:45 where I just gave Johnny the restaurant.

PM:
When I was doing preshift Ruthy came up to me to ask about what I meant when people aren't cut until I say so. Apparently this "make your own cuts" mentality is worse than we thought. Ruthy said she has servers coming up to her telling her not to sit them since they are trying to get cut early(to appear to have no more tables, or know its around that time cuts are made). This is ridiculous...I told her if anyone does this she has to get me immediately. If you want to be cut that badly I wont put you on the schedule.

8:45 Went 3 on, by 9:25 it was dead so I went 1 on. Other 2 still had some new tables if anyone had to come back on


Ran 2 contests today. AM was whoever beat the sales goal at the checkout got $10 Kome bucks. Johnny was the only one who won. PM was who ever was the first person to show my (during service) that they exceeded the sales goal wont $10 Kome bucks. Alex was the first to show me.
*I did the PM contest to remind the servers to always be checking their sales goal to help them prepare and what to expect from the night and flow of business, and to always try and up sell and beat the goal.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Kaori always likes to ask for feedback after her SA shifts. I told her to always carry a tray to consolidate steps in case a table gets up when you're on the floor you can go right there and not have to put down the things in your hands then go to the table.

Alex is a strong closer and is great on sushi bar.

Johnny is also dong a great job closing lunch.

Any VIP's in?
Head chef from Uchi

Comps& Void Detail:
guest change mind
86'd asahi black
86aji
Superfly void wasn't made
 camanbert temp bday dessert
void maguruo nigiri--supposed to be sashimi. wasn't made

Ice Daddy STOPS TAKING ORDERS AT 8PM ON TUESDAY! FYI
R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?
1 undated/labeled KoKo wholesale roll from Royal Blue sent back
3 unsold KoKo wholesale roll from Fresh Plus 8.2.14


Monday, August 4, 2014

Monday 8/4/14 Recap

LY Lunch Sales: 1452 
Projected Sales: 1675
TY Lunch Sales: 1648
+/- : -$27 under projected and up 13% from LY
Lunch Covers: 92
Avg PPA: 17.91

LY Dinner Sales: 3453
Projected Sales: 4245
TY Dinner Sales: 4825
+/- : $580 over projected and 40% up from LY
Dinner Covers:178
Avg PPA: $27.11
Weather: ItssoniceoutsideIjustwanttorunaway!

Any Special events going on?: Case of the Mondays

Who worked?:Lunch: Kate CL, Clair and Sayo. Hiroe FR, Joaquin SA and Sarah hosting.
Dinner: Jason Camacho, Kate Dbld, Clair Dbl and Joel. Kaori FR, Joaquin SA and Lina hosting.

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Lunch was steady. We were close to full before noon. I don't feel like we got much of a pop at all, but tables continued to come in. Kate said she wasn't feeling great so I hesitated to make cuts too early. I cut Clair close to 1:15pm. Gave Kate an Emergen-C and she snapped out of it. Had an order of gyoze get burnde by the kitchen but the table wasn't put off by having to wait for a new order to be made.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): Sayo beat the individual sales goal for lunch.
Joaquin had some hustle in his step today. He kept the floor looking nice. It seems obvious because of his youth it may be on us to help him develop his work ethic. That being said I've told him he needs to never not be in motion. I also gave him some extra things to do, like raising the blinds on the window at A2, A3 and A4 as well as making sure the tea lights are lit during the blue hour. I had to remind him to make sure the dishwashers are aware of the glass racks being full.
I watched Jason a bit tonight with his tables. He hustles but also is very personable. More so than I am comfortable with, but I feel the rapport he attempts to establish is an important example for newer servers to observe when it comes to welcoming new guests.

Any VIP's in? Moto came in towards the end of lunch.
Dinner: Moonshine owner again... I hope he doesn't get burned out on us! Jason's old Kitchen manager at The Boiling Pot at S10 who now works at the W. Kazu's roommate who works at Dojo. Several other familiar faces.

Comps & Void Detail: Kome bucks discount to Sayo for beating the sales goal. Thinkery 21 discount. FNF discount for Moto. Hair found a roll at dinner- guest was very level-headed. Gave them 20% off ticket. Tonight's smoking sashimi was priced at the Tsukiji Carpaccio rate. Corrected a misring for Camacho and Miho. SIN discount for Moonshine owner. SIN for Jason's friend at S10. SIN for Kazu's roommate.

R&M needs?:Patrick came by at the beginning of dinner and tried to make sense of the breaker situation. We looked over Daniel's notes. Without fully knowing everything that is connected and was running off the offending breaker, he couldn't determine exactly where the fault was. He did mention that the breaker box is too hot. We borrowed a fan from the kitchen and pointed it at the breaker box. He said he was concerned with the power loss to the entire building that happened during lunch yesterday and thought that the heat on the box was a likely cause. As far as the breaker that tripped up last night he said he'd be back to look over the fan he installed to pinpoint the problem. He mentioned coming back in the morning when the kitchen guys arrive but wasn't clear on the specific day.

86'd items/ need more? Chairs for the lobby. If we have a reservation in the party room and anything larger than another 5 top walk in, we are basically playing musical chairs. I thought we'd have to use some of the stools from outside.

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Sunday 8/03/14 PM recap



LY Dinner Sales:2903
Projected Sales:4712
TY Dinner Sales:4795
+/- :$83 over projected and up 65% from LY
Dinner Covers:178
Avg PPA:4795/178= 26.93
Weather:Warm and pleasant

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?: Sayo, Kate, Joel, Clair, Camacho CL, Jason FR, Joaquin SA and Lina hosting

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Smooth sailing though calm seas. We were full and on wait at 7:15 and stayed on wait until 9pm. No long ticket times. Everyone was on their game for the most part. I cut Kate and Joel once we were off wait. Clair didn't like that she was 3rd cut. She always wants to get out of here ASAP.She got sat at B3 immediately after the cuts were made and gave it to Joel. That bugged me, so I made it a point to not cut her for at least another 30 minutes. We didn't have many tables come in though. I'm not sure where these guys are getting this immunity to being cut or cutting themselves but it seems on the border of insubordination. I will be mentioning it in pre-shift tomorrow.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Clair for the mentioned reason above.
Joaquin is definitely stepping up more. He was plenty early to work and got right to it. He and I talked a bit once he was cut. We discussed prioritizing duties at various times. I basically told him he should never stop moving. There is always something that needs to be done. I told him when we slow down for the night at the end of the shift and multiple tables are leaving he needs to get those tables bussed rather than reset immediately. If we have people leaving and no one coming in really, to keep the FOH nice, bussing should take priority over resetting s that existing tables aren't looking at  leftover trash. He always seems receptive, but the proof is in his actions... we shall see.
I ran a contest: $10 kome bucks to whoever beat the sales goal. Camacho got it.

Any VIP's in? Kindo. John. Parker and Shannon/Sharon(?), got the name of one of our regulars... the guys that looks like he belongs on a hip cooking show: Star Long. He comes in with his family pretty frequently.

Comps& Void Detail:Kome bucks to Camacho. A couple buzztable edamames. Kate had a guest change their mind about a couple of Kome Sets.

R&M needs?:The handle on the water pitcher faucet broke off today. It goes back on but needs to be used very carefully. We had a breaker go out outside. Daniel has some notes on that. We wondered if that breaker affects the security cameras outside. Had to order ice at 7pm.

86'd items/ need more?

Sunday AM 8.3.14

LY Lunch Sales:$1053
Projected Sales:$1767
TY Lunch Sales: $1994
+/- : up 89% over LY and beat projected by $227
Lunch Covers:124
Avg PPA:$16.08

Weather: Warmer, but still pleasant

Any Special events going on?:none that I am aware of.

Who worked?: Clair, Kate, Joel, Alex CL. Lina FR, Joaquin SA, Ruthie Host

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Interesting sort of day. Interesting sort of weekend, really. Just an interesting myriad of people that have come into the restaurant. We filled up around 12:45 but that was the only pop of the day we got. It cleared out around 1:30. I held on to everyone until after 2 just to see what would happen, if we would get a second pop, but it never came. So I cut down to Alex & Clair at 2:15 and then just Alex at 2:50. Flow of business was steady the last hour but cleared out 15 minute before close.

I got a new allergy question today. Sodium Nitrates. I googled it, and then Daniel and I looked on the Tonkotsu package and saw that it had it in it. But I have never heard of that one before. Maybe it's the new Gluten. Sodium Nitrates, for anyone wondering, is a preservative commonly used in curing meats or preserving foods for longer periods of time than originally intended. :)





Around 12:45 the power went out in the entire building. I quickly got a flashlight and went to the breaker box and flipped it back on. I text Patrick and he came out to look at it. He assured me it wasn't the new fan we just installed over the door. He felt the box and it was hot. he said it could have just overheated from too many things popping on at the same time. Keep an eye on it. We need to put a small fan back there to keep the breaker box from getting too hot. IF the power does go out again. Turn a few things off (lobby fan, some lights etc) and give it a minute before flipping the breaker back on. The reason the breaker flips is because there are metal panels inside the box. When they get too hot, they start to seperate and that is what triggers the breaker. If you try to flip it on too soon, the panels haven't had time to cool down and thus it will not work. Which is why we need the fan back there, to help circulate the air and more it around. Any questions?


3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Joaquin stayed busy throughout his shift today. Glad to see
-Alex was very helpful to the staff
-Joel was watering tables in his downtime.
I had a great convo with Kate today too- She loves working the Mon-Thurs 3 on lunches and the busy-ness that comes with it, and she is very happy here. :)

Any VIP's in?

Comps& Void Detail:
Lime in Coconut (Chang Mind) Alex, 2 Tonkotsu Ramen (void-Gst Chng Mnd) Kate, Makani Comps, Sushi Comps
There is a check from 7/30 hanging out on the terminals. Negi Toro and something else. I don't know who rang it in but whoever did please close it out. This comp now is being brought into August, when it was committed in July. MANAGERS: please be sure all checks are closed out at the end of your shift. 

R&M needs?:
I emailed Danielle with Ed Don. We only have 2 boxes of napkins left. I will have words with her if we do not get the napkins in before Tuesday. 

86'd items/ need more?

Saturday PM 8.2.14


LY Dinner Sales: $6996
Projected Sales: $7117
TY Dinner Sales:$7526
+/- : over LY by 8% and over Proj by $409

Dinner Covers: 286
Avg PPA:  $26.31
 For the day we finished 6% over LY and $118 over Proj

Weather: Beautiful and cool out. Low 80's

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?: Alex, Joel, Johnny, Naoto, Dusten CL. Hiroe FR, Lina/Ruthie Host, Jason SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
What a bizarre night. There was a definite ebb and flow to the evening, like waves crashing on the shore. We went on a wait around 6:45. Then we were off the wait by 9. Then on a wait again at 9:30 then off by 10, then seriously full and one in one out throughout the last hour of service. The last hour of service I told everyone to be on it and finish strong. We were all tired, it was a busy, and long night. There were a few mistakes that occured during that last hour- I ran a roll to the wrong table, Hiroe ran a Chazuke to the wrong table (Kayo is aware of both of these as they were both run to her table when she never ordered it) and then Joel decided to cut himself. No, not like, ouch I'm cut. Like, "hey Joel you're cut" . But I never said "hey Joel you're cut" I said "Hey Joel did you greet A5?" and he said, "No I gave it to Naoto" to which I said "Oh, so you basically cut yourself" and well...it went on from there. So I told him okay, you're cut. Alex you're cut (it was 10:30pm at this time) and we were still 96% full. In between all of that, A1 got sat and sat there for 6 minutes without being greeted (as far as I could tell). Naoto got over to them, and also greeted A2 that had also just been sat. It was 11 minutes in on A1 and I still didn't see drinks down on the table so I immediately brought 2 waters over, and apologized to them for the lapse in time. Throughout the remainder of their meal I checked in on them and they had an enjoyable meal. At the end of the shift I talked to Joel about what he did and why it was bad. He works tomorrow morning, at which point I will give him his punishment...deep clean the mens bathroom. Baseboards. Behind the toilet. Scrub the walls.

In other news, last night Lindsey was cocktailing and David & Adam (two total strangers) were closing out at the same exact time with the same exact looking Bank of America Credit card. She then handed Adam David's card and David Adam's card, and called it a day. David (or Adam) went on to eat dinner and split his check with his dinner date. Adam (or was it David) also did the same, however his date paid for him (nice!). Long story short, They went home with each others cards without noticing until today. They both came in at 6:30 to do the swap. I gave them both $50 gift cards for the issue. Luckily they were both cool about it. However, because this switcheroo happened during cocktail hour and dinner was affected I had to refund $67 to Adam since David paid with his card and it should have been Davids card that incurred the charge. Still with me?
They both left happy and relieved the ordeal was over.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Joel, as stated above
Lindsey as stated Above
I had to remind Jason what "guest first' means as far as the guests having the right of way when walking. I saw him cut off a few guests tonight. Mostly in that 10 o'clock dreary hour. 

Any VIP's in?
Kayo and her friends visiting

Comps& Void Detail:
Owner Comp for Kayo. Voided a seaweed salad not made. Comp'd a Jules Taylor bottle that a table didn't like (they said it tasted spoiled or fizzy), Voided a bottle of alberino that we couldn't sell because it wasn't cold. Voided an age dashi (Alex) misring. Buzztable edamames

R&M needs?:
Patrick will be here tomorrow at 9 to install the air curtain. I'll let him in.

86'd items/ need more?
I will order Printer Paper on Monday (for server printer)

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Saturday AM 8.2.14

LY Lunch Sales:$2184
Projected Sales:$2504
TY Lunch Sales:$2213
+/- :short $291 from projected sales, up $29 from LY lunch and up 1%
Lunch Covers:139
Avg PPA:

Weather:muggy, overcast

Any Special events going on?:none that I am aware of

Who worked?:Kate, Alex, Lindsey, Clair, Joaquin (SA), Kaori (FR), Ruthy (H)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Clair came into the office and asked if there were any parties this morning because she has friends from out of town coming in. I told her no and that was the end of our conversation but she was insinuating she wanted to put them in the party room, I told her to let me know. Fast forward, lunch started out slow, we took a while to get some tables in. Party room was empty. I look up from the server station and 8 people were sitting in a combined B6, 7 & 8. I went to Clair and she said that was her friends she was talking about. Mind you, the restaurant is only 1/2 full and party room is empty with no potential parties. I told her she made it apparent that she wanted to give her friends the party room, not her section and she said she was sorry if she was unclear. Frustrated, I explained it isn't OK to do this. If we have the accommodating space then we will use it. It would be a different issue if the party room was in use, but it wasn't. I told her it wouldn't be fair if everyone had their own friends come in large groups and take up their own sections to get tips etc. unacceptable and snakey.
Today was overall pretty mellow, we almost filled up but never did, but we had a steady flow of tables. I cut to 3 at 1:30, 2 at 2 and 1 at 2:30. I was nervous we were going to get some last minute tables but we never did so thats good


3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Joaquin was good at prebussing today, when each table left the only things left on their tables were water glasses and thats it...Although he ordered a lot of food today he left
-Lindsey is a very thorough closer
-Ruthy is doing well

Any VIP's in?
the wizzard, had a 35 minute hyashi chuka

Comps& Void Detail:

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?

*more Daruma cards

Friday PM 8.01.14



LY Dinner Sales:$6114
Projected Sales:$6969
TY Dinner Sales:$6335
+/- :-$634 short of projections, but 4% and $221 up from LY. -3% overall from the whole day LY
Dinner Covers:210
Avg PPA:$30.16

Weather:Hot but turned into a cool evening


Any Special events going on?:None that I am aware of

Who worked?:Clair, Joel, Jason, Sayo, Dusten, Ruthy (H), Lina (H), Jason, (SA), Kaori (FR)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
The night started out with a 12 top reservation at 7pm. By 7:15 only 5 were there and kept asking to be seated since everyone was stuck in traffic. I explained to them how our policy works and how we can only sit complete parties over the next 30 minutes they came to inform the host how their party has changed in size about 5 different times. First it dropped to 6, then up to 8, the for sure only 7, and finally 10 and counting. This party really just wanted me to stop time for them, or have never made a reservation before. When they told us it was for sure 7 we blocked A4 and A7 and were about to sit them until they told us there was more, 10, and wanted to be sat now (wtf). 7 and 10 is a huge difference when dealing with the dining room and being short on chairs to begin with. It was very frustrating because they had no idea what was going on, and this made our wait time higher because we didn't even know what tables to really be holding for these people. This is probably my first experience dealing with customers like this and so oblivious to restaurant dining norms and etiquette after an hour of trying to figure them out I felt like I had no idea what to do....so thanks for being in the office Elizabeth :) I'm sure I would have figured it out fine, or now I know how to handle this situation in the future. All I knew was after being an hour late we can't keep the reservation anymore- but the fact that they had no idea how many people were coming was tricky trying to decide on a section to house them in and how to do that.. After that there was a small confusion with a customer thinking we were skipping him on the list and got super sassy in the lobby but I explained him how it works and even if he didn't understand it he stopped yelling. I got talking with him after and he was a nice guy, just a little awkward, and LOVED his meal when he was finished.
Clair was a little irked about loosing a 12 top from the party room but I had to explain, even if there wasn't a party after it, Kome policy states that if they are incomplete 15 minutes after the reservation we can't uphold it. Which is why we have designated time slots and not just a free for all... she wore her heart on her sleeve but ended up being able to shake it off but I still bought her meal.

Anyways, besides that, overall it was a good shift. went 3 on at 9:30 1 on at 10:40. pretty slow towards the end


3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-sayo is doing a good job working these busy shifts and staying on top of all her tables
-ruthy and lina worked well together to try and solve all the dining room issues
 -Kaori needs to slow down more (I already talked to her) she said she accidentally spilled a little topochico when she was putting down a plate

Any VIP's in?
Krystin+9

Comps& Void Detail:
buzz table edamame
lost ticket maguruo sashimi
sunshine comp. ran to wrong table, had to remake

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?

Friday, August 1, 2014

Friday AM 8.1.14

LY Lunch Sales: $2418
Projected Sales:$2263
TY Lunch Sales:$1939
+/- : down 20% and short $324 prj.  :-/
Lunch Covers:127
Avg PPA:$15.27

Weather:So unseasonably cool. 80's? Very nice out

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?: Joel, Clair, Johnny, Lynn CL. Lina SA, Hiroe FR, Sarah Host

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Pretty good, steady business today. Went on a wait around 12:45 and stayed busy until 1:30. I cut Clair at 1pm because she had 3 new tables, and B1 and B2 were about to leave, and Lynn didn't have much going on at sushi bar. That was the strange thing, we went on a wait because no one wanted to sit at sushi bar. Sarah offered that too, but everyone wanted a table.

The only major hiccup we had today was some 30 minute ticket times on teishoku's and some 20-25 minute gyoza and shrimp temps. Hiroe ran a Yasai Teishoku to the wrong table too, which resulted in the back up Domino effect. Comp'd the Veggie Temp Teishoku for A6 (the one Hiroe Mis-ran) and then a few other things here and there for long tickets. A shrimp temp for A1, that they ended up walking out on. Had one girl pack up her chicken katsu because it took 30 minutes and she had to get back to work. She was really understanding, as most people were today, which was a nice change of pace.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Clair was really helpful after she was cut- helped restock glassware and was helpful with the rest of the staff that were busy

Sarah is slowly improving. I saw a slight improvement in her today, so hopefully that means she is getting some confidence back

Lina was busting her ass as SA today. Rock star. Dang...

Any VIP's in?




Regulars Mark & Melissa, Moto, and that Global Catch Director guy.


Comps& Void Detail:
The ones mentioned above for the long ticket times. Other than that, Marco from Daruma was here for an Emp Day off Comp, and the regular Makinai comps

R&M needs?:
Got the new office chair in, yeay!

86'd items/ need more?
Fully stocked and ready for the weekend. 

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Thursday PM 7.31.14


LY Dinner Sales:$4905
Projected Sales:$5248
TY Dinner Sales:$3498
+/- : -$1750 down from projections, -$1407 and -29% down from LY. -18% down from the whole day LY
Dinner Covers:124 (like a lunch!!)
Avg PPA:$28.20 PPA
Weather:hot

Any Special events going on?:None

Who worked?: Sayo, Joel, Dusten, Stephanie, Naoto, Lina (H), Sarah (H), Jason (SA), Hiroe (FR)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Today was painfully slow, We never filled up and never went on wait the entire night. I don't think I have ever worked a night this slow. I cut to 3 at 8 and I thought we might get a pop but we never did.
I explained to Sarah multiple times to be louder and more confident when working the host stand. When her and Lina were together she just sank back and let Lina run the show. I cut Lina at 7:45 and told Sarah she needs to take control like Lina does. She was a little better but I will give her a final write up the next time I work with her....it will coincide with the probational training action plan she is already on.
It might have been so slow due to it being the end of the month, Lina pointed out that today was the due date for her college tuition, so maybe people needed to save money

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Sayo has been doing a great job managing her tables and hitting her selling points
Everyone was productive on down time today making sure things were stocked and organized

Any VIP's in?

Comps& Void Detail:
F&F to joel's friend
Misring HH sake to hot sake 
tax exempt for one customer with some special government papers...
void Madai changed mind
R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?

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