Montana's Cookhouse Employer Reviews

Just awful. Bad management, working 9 days straight, no tip out. Barely any raises.

When starting your shift, one must prepare for success. As a server or bartender you must realize that there are items that need to be stocked up so you have a successful shift. Examples are plates, napkins and wet naps are stocked. There are backups of sour cream and coleslaw for the dinner rush. Ice is filled up and your section is clean and ready – more... to be sat. I have learned the steps of guest experience and from that I am able to read our guest and if there is a problem with the menu (allergy) I will suggest recommendations. – less

Amount of shifts per week are great, however, the hours are short. The management team is awesome. They are very flexible with your hours. It is extremely enjoyable interacting with guests on a daily basis.

our managers are awesome they work around the other schedules in their employee's lives. for the most part a great set of coworkers. a typical day included running food, cleaning tables and serving costumers. hardest part of the job is when a costumer was upset and trying to keep up the positive additude. the most enjoyable was the staff they are so – more... great to work with always got a good laugh at least once a shift. things i learned form my experience was that it is not a job i want to be in for the rest of my life and i want to go to college and move up in the world. – less

Working at Montana's was a nice experience. The training is thorough and staff was always patient with new learners. It did get busy- however management was quick to aid employees.

CARA is fantastic as well- with lots of company initiatives, easy online training, and good company ethics.

Great place to work! Highly recommended.

I am just looking for a better paying job, although it is a fun place to work in.

Unfortunately, i have not had the best time working for montanans. My managers are very unorganized and really do not seem to care about people very much. My managers are always in a rush or yelling. My co workers tend to have very negative mindsets at work which is unfortunate because being surrounded by negativity is very hard when your a host because – more... you have to be smiling and greeting people.. The hardest part of my job would have to be the fact that everyone lacks communication.Both of my jobs require a lot of communication. I find that a lot of the time if something goes wrong fingers are pointed and people blame each other instead of taking responsibility. In such a team oriented environment we lack team work. – less

Great company to work for! Typical day includes interacting with many new people and providing a great service to help grow the restaurants business.

I leaned everything I know about working in resteraunts from my time there.

There has been nowhere as fun as Montana's.

Great People, Great Food, and Great Atmosphere. I loved it there, and if it was still open, I would still be there.

Re Open the Sarnia, location, and I will run it for you.

Like most food and service businesses, it is a "quick to learn" environment, teaching multitasking and team coordination. Management and leadership are amoungst the hardest postions simply due to the lack of staff and provision the franchise provides, but luckily this is compensated by confident and well trained staff. The most rewarding part of the – more... day are not only the times when sales are high, but when customer satisfaction is brought to the attention of the staff, knowing they've helped provide an enjoyable experience to their guests. – less

Co-workers were great, management was great too.
The only thing that wasn't great would be that you would come in to waitress and if it was not busy enough you would not get on the floor so you came for nothing. They did give you a free meal though instead of nothing but it was still a bummer. Nice place though.

employees and boss's are great and easy to talk/deal with :)

Worked there for many years. Lots of favorites played. The area manager is unrealistic and passive-aggressive. Tips usually decent but daytime shift hours leave more to be desired. Was better back in 2006-2008, has gone through too many management changes since then.

I've enjoyed working at Montana's for the past 3 years. They have treated me very well and have worked with me with scheduling if something ever came up. My managers are very helpful in ever aspect of this job. Customer service is our goal and we try our very best to make sure every customer leaves happy. It does tend to get quite busy there at times. – more... But we all work together as a team to try and build trust with the customers and make sure their visit with us is an enjoyable one. My co-workers are very friendly and helpful. If there is ever a problem I know they would gladly help. The same goes for them, I try to help everyone out the best I can. After all, its about the customer experience! I enjoy working with the public and I am very much a people person. I make my co-workers happy and try to make the job as easy for us all as much as possible. I've learned more about customer service working here and being able to talk to people and listen to their needs. I like the challenge of meeting expectations and making my customers happy, even the difficult ones. The most part of my job that I enjoy is being around people and making them happy. – less

Started working there with co-op, ending up getting hired before my co-op was finished.
Overall good experience working in a kitchen.

Montana's is a great place to gain valuable work experience. Good employees and a workplace that will be able to help you with any problems.

A fun environment to work in and an opportunity to make some serious coin. Great staff and management.