Regine's is a sophisticated nightlife destination where elevated cocktails, exceptional service, curated entertainment, and an energetic social atmosphere come together to create an unforgettable guest experience. We are seeking a charismatic, highly experienced General Manager who thrives in luxury hospitality and understands what it takes to lead a high-volume, late-night operation.
This is an opportunity for a hospitality professional who leads by example, inspires teams, builds relationships with guests, and creates an environment where excellence is expected every night.
Position Summary
The General Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, financial performance, and daily operations of Regine's. This individual will cultivate an elevated guest experience while maintaining impeccable service standards, operational excellence, and a vibrant nightlife atmosphere.
The ideal candidate has extensive experience leading upscale restaurants, cocktail lounges, or nightlife venues and is comfortable managing high-energy evenings, entertainment-driven service, and a diverse management team.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all daily operations while maintaining the highest standards of hospitality, service, and professionalism.
- Foster an energetic yet polished atmosphere that reflects the Regine's brand.
- Recruit, mentor, coach, and develop managers and hourly team members into high-performing hospitality professionals.
- Maintain a visible leadership presence during evening service, weekends, holidays, and late-night operations.
- Drive exceptional guest satisfaction by anticipating needs, resolving concerns, and building lasting relationships with VIP and repeat clientele.
- Ensure flawless execution of food, beverage, cocktail, and entertainment service.
- Oversee labor management, scheduling, payroll, inventory controls, purchasing, and operating expenses.
- Analyze financial reports and implement strategies to maximize profitability while protecting the guest experience.
- Maintain compliance with all health, safety, alcohol service, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with culinary, beverage, marketing, and entertainment teams to execute special events, themed evenings, and promotional programming.
- Build relationships within the Dallas hospitality, nightlife, and entertainment community to strengthen the venue's presence and reputation.
- Promote a culture centered around accountability, teamwork, hospitality, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of General Manager experience in upscale restaurants, cocktail lounges, luxury hotels, or nightlife venues.
- Proven success managing high-volume operations with premium service standards.
- Strong understanding of wine, spirits, craft cocktails, and elevated food service.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large teams while maintaining an engaging and positive culture.
- Experience overseeing budgets, P&L statements, labor controls, inventory management, and financial reporting.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to remain calm, decisive, and guest-focused in fast-paced environments.
- Comfortable working evenings, weekends, holidays, and late-night schedules as business demands.
- Hospitality management degree preferred but not required.
Ideal Candidate
We're looking for someone who is:
- Passionate about luxury hospitality and nightlife.
- A confident and visible floor leader.
- Relationship-driven with guests, employees, and community partners.
- Highly organized and operationally disciplined.
- Financially savvy and results-oriented.
- Energetic, approachable, and able to create a memorable atmosphere every evening.
- Committed to building a culture of excellence, accountability, and genuine hospitality.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary
- Performance-based bonus opportunity
- Health, dental, and vision benefits
- Paid time off
- Dining privileges
- Career advancement opportunities within a growing hospitality organization
- The opportunity to lead one of Dallas' premier upscale nightlife destinations
If you are passionate about creating unforgettable guest experiences and have the leadership skills to thrive in a luxury, late-night environment, we'd love to hear from you.