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Assistant Restaurant Manager - Red Orchid

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel

2400 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
Prior Lake, MN 55372

Casino & Hotel
Managed By Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
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Full-Time

Description

Do you enjoy meeting and talking with new people? Come join our team as an Assistant Restaurant Manager at Mystic Lake Casino! While working in one of our unique dining destinations, you will support team members to ensure each guest has a memorable experience.

Job Overview: Manages staff and activities of the food services operation of restaurant to ensure a pleasant guest experience and efficient operations. Applies high guest service standards. Assumes Restaurant Manager responsibilities to cover hours of operation.

Empower Your Future: The Work You’ll Lead:

  • Handles guest complaints and issues in a timely and professional manner.
  • Utilizes guest recovery strategies when appropriate.
  • Actively coaches team members to ensure excellent service delivery and ensure a positive guest experience.
  • Interact with guests to gauge satisfaction and improve service.
  • Order supplies and manage inventory levels, proactively communicate needs to Manager.
  • Partner with the culinary team to ensure high-quality food standards, including preparation and presentation.
  • Supervise and maintain restaurant cleanliness to meet safety, sanitation and hygiene standards.
  • Ensure staffing levels are appropriate based on business volumes through advance scheduling and during the shift.
  • Proactively provide suggestions and recommendations regarding ways to improve outlet operations.
  • Ensure all Front of House team members strictly adhere to all food safety guidelines and procedures.
  • Enforce health and safety regulations and ensuring compliance with sanitation guidelines.
  • Ensure compliance with all Gaming Enterprise policies, procedures and applicable regulations and laws.
  • Escalate concerns in a timely manner to leadership.
  • Ensure proper cash handling and compliance with tips and complimentary procedures.
  • Assist manager with preparing annual budget, controlling daily/monthly operational costs and driving outlet profitability.
  • Interviews and makes recommendations for hire and promotion of team members; plans and delivers onboarding and on-going training and development, assists with managing all aspect of continuous performance management for team members.
  • Ensures team member compliance with all timekeeping, tips and break policies and procedures weekly by thoroughly reviewing and auditing team member timecards.
  • Assist team members with duties (i.e., taking orders, serving food, seating guests) during peak times.

Job Requirements:

  • Any combination of post-high school restaurant education and/or restaurant experience to equal 3+ years.
  • 2+ years of indirect people leadership or 1+ year of direct people leadership experience.
  • Certified Food Service Manager Certificate or ability to obtain within one (1) year of employment.
  • Effective in motivating and guiding staff, delegating tasks, and fostering a positive team environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with staff, guests, and other stakeholders.
  • Skilled at identifying and resolving issues constructively and efficiently and managing conflict within the team and addressing issues with guests.
  • Experience with efficiently managing schedules, tasks, and resources in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience with demand-based scheduling preferred.
  • Desire to build rapport with staff, guests, and other stakeholders.
  • Ability to adjust to changing situations, handle unexpected events and maintain composure and professionalism under pressure.

Outstanding Benefits & Awesome Perks: Enjoy competitive weekly pay, outstanding benefits, and advancement opportunities at the SMSC Gaming Enterprise. Eligible Team Members are offered a comprehensive benefits package include medical, dental, life and disability insurance, onsite medical clinics and pharmacy, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, wellness programs and more. Plus, take advantage of perks like discounts on childcare, fuel, bus passes and fitness membership, free uniforms and free uniform cleaning, and tuition reimbursement.

Who We Are: We're not just in the business of entertainment; we're in the business of crafting unforgettable experiences. We believe in the power of possibility, to unite and uplift, rallying around every triumph, big and small. At Mystic Lake and Little Six, every moment is a chance to be the experience.

Different backgrounds, different strengths, and different passions, we value the diversity that everyone brings to the table. Our values are a direct reflection of the diverse communities that we proudly serve, represent, and invest in. We invite you to the place to learn, grow, thrive and lead. Let's create moments that matter, celebrate diversity, and build a brighter future for all.

Be the Experience. Be Bold. Be Mystic.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Posted October 9, 2026

About Mystic Lake Casino Hotel

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Mystic Lake Casino located in Prior Lake, MN. Mystic Lake offers a luxurious hotel, an indoor atrium pool and seven unique restaurants, including an award-winning buffet. Mystic Lake is conveniently located 25 minutes from downtown Minneapolis, Mall of America and the airport. The 125,000 square foot casino features 4,000 slots and 100 table games.

In 2018, Mystic Lake opened Mystic Lake Center, a new event space and hotel tower. Offering state-of-the-art technology, this 70,000- square-foot venue hosts groups of all sizes for conferences, expos, weddings and other events. With 766 new and renovated modern hotel rooms, Mystic Lake is one of the largest hotels in the Twin Cities area.

We believe our team members' talent, hard work, dedication and excellent guest service are the keys to the casino's success. 

We reward our team members with a great benefits package that includes a competitive wage, shift differentials, 401(k), free uniforms (includes laundering), free beverages and discounted meals while working, discounted gas (8 cents off per gallon) at SDCS Convenience Store, and discounted Dakotah! Sport & Fitness health club membership.  In addition, full time team members are eligible for medical and dental insurance, 3 weeks paid time off your first year, discounted on-site daycare, on-site pharmacy, on-site quick clinic, and tuition reimbursement.

About Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

A Deeply Rooted Community

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is a Community of Dakota people whose ancestors have lived in the region near Shakopee for centuries. The Dakota people are part of the Great Sioux Nation. Historically, the Dakota hunted wild game, fished in the rivers and lakes, gathered wild rice, and aligned their lives with the changing seasons.

Throughout history, Dakota culture has focused on the values of living in harmony with our surroundings and sharing our natural and material resources with others. These values continue to guide the decisions of our government and Community.

Our Commitments

Living a culture that is intertwined with its natural surroundings, the SMSC is committed to bridging its longstanding values with the latest science to help protect and restore wetlands, aquifers, prairies, and forests. The SMSC reservation is home to multiple green roofs, which improve energy efficiency, reduce stormwater runoff, and filter out pollutants. We also maintain and harvest organic, naturally grown fruits and vegetables at Wozupi Tribal Gardens

Utilizing hundreds of solar panels and geothermal temperature control further reduces the SMSC’s conventional energy use.

Our Values

Through our partnerships and collaborations, environmental stewardship activities, and charitable giving, we seek to embody Dakota values each day. Being a good neighbor, good employer, and good steward of the earth is a core part of who we are and what we do.

Sharing

Out of a Dakota tradition of helping others, the SMSC has donated more than $350 million to organizations and causes and has contributed millions more to regional governments and infrastructure such as roads, water and sewer systems, and emergency services. The SMSC is the largest philanthropic benefactor for Indian Country nationally and one of the largest charitable givers in Minnesota.

Good Neighbor

The SMSC regularly works with local governments on mutually beneficial projects, such as roads and infrastructure, which help build a better community for all.

Good Employer

The SMSC bolsters the local economy by providing jobs, donations, and voluntary payments for municipal, county, and state services. Together, the SMSC and the SMSC Gaming Enterprise (Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and Little Six Casino) are the largest employer in Scott County. Through competitive wages and benefits, the SMSC is dedicated to helping its employees build fulfilling lives.

Good Steward of the Earth

Through dozens of land stewardship initiatives, the SMSC seeks to protect and preserve its lands and waters for the next seven generations. Initiatives such as the Organics Recycling Facility and a variety of wind, solar and geothermal systems help the SMSC achieve that goal. Learn more about the SMSC's sustainability initiatives at NativeGreen.

Providing for the Community

As a sovereign nation, the SMSC strives for self-sufficiency and provides for its members, with an emphasis on wellness, cultural preservation, and education. The tribe provides comprehensive health and wellness services, in addition to access to healthy foods grown at Wozupi Tribal Gardens. The SMSC’s cultural center—Hoċokata Ti—serves as a gathering space and cultural activity site for members, and features a gift shop and an immersive educational exhibit open to the public.

Our Employees

With approximately 4,100 employees, the SMSC and SMSC Gaming Enterprise are collectively the largest employer in Scott County. Committed to being a good employer, we are proud that our employees tend to stay with us for a long time – the average tenure is eight years.

Variety of Careers

Our government and enterprises are places where talented and committed people find meaningful work. From an organics recycling facility and tribal garden to golf courses, casino hotels, a water bottling facility and the tribal government, the SMSC's enterprises offer career opportunities for people with all types of skill sets. Our culture creates Minnesota careers that are exciting, rewarding, and inspiring.

Benefits that Support Quality of Life

Our employee benefits go above and beyond the standard benefits package. They include:

  • A choice of two medical plans
  • Access to our own health and vision clinics
  • Reduced copays on most prescriptions at the SMSC pharmacy
  • Basic term life insurance and short-term disability insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer contribution
  • Discounted gym membership at Dakotah! Sport and Fitness
  • Child care discounts at Playworks
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Free transportation from Minneapolis and St. Paul for team members