Great Place to Work - Server/Waiter Famous Dave's Employee Review

5.0
Sep 20, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Supportive management, friendly staff, and attention to quality and detail. The Alexandria, VA, location prides itself on customer service and professional development. The staff operates as a team and everyone is goal oriented. The managers did a great job of staffing on a particular day, making appropriate cuts, and making sure that their staff had an opportunity to make money. I really enjoyed working here, and I was only disappointed that I had to move out of the area.

Cons

This isn’t really a “con” per say, but I worked against the backdrop of phase 3 reopening from COVID. It was challenging because the restaurant was somewhat short staffed. Not necessarily on a given shift, but overall, to where the employees that do work there were working almost every day of the week. Anyone in the service industry knows that can be extremely draining. At the same time, many servers enjoy working every day because serving is their livelihood.

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5.0
May 22, 2025
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Pros

Served great food. Fun place to work

Cons

Smell gets to be too much.

3.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours, evenings and weekends to work around f/t day job, variety, fairly easy. Earn tips. Not as much as a server, but helpful considering the wage.

Cons

One of the managers in particular has a fragile ego/insecurities and tends to go on power trips. He takes out his mood on employees. There are also favorites, and if you are not one of them he does not treat you well. Yelling, condescension, snide comments, etc. Some employees have worked there for MANY years and still make the same wage they did when they were hired. Experience, leadership & training needs to be recognized and rewarded.

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