maitre d
Dining room overseer
A maitre d is the head waiter or dining room manager at a restaurant, responsible for seating guests, overseeing service, and maintaining the atmosphere.
Short for maître d'hôtel (French for "master of the house").
The maitre d typically greets arriving guests and manages reservations: We slipped the maitre d a twenty to get a better table.
- hostOne receiving guests
- hostessFemale event organizer
- front of houseGuest-facing venue operations
- restaurantPlace serving meals
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
table for two · seating · right this way · tuxedo · podium · greeting · elegant · head waiter · sommelier · wine list · dining · tablecloth · upscale · service · white glove service · bow tie · velvet rope · captain
- diningrestaurant, menu, waiter, servers, waitress
- French Loanwordsa la carte, ballet, a la mode, au revoir, bon appetit
- restaurant workwaiter, waitress, server, chef, cook
- restaurantsmenu, chef, reservations, table service, waitstaff
- dining servicewaiter, waitress, server, waitstaff, hostess
- fine diningchef, gourmet meal, tasting menu, haute cuisine, gourmet
maitre dbusboy
Restaurant table clearer
dishwasher · kitchen porter · line cook · server · waiter
maitre dhead chef
Kitchen's top cook
executive chef · chef de cuisine · kitchen manager · sous chef · line cook
master, masters, mastery, masterful, masterfully, masterly, mastermind, masterpiece, maestro