East is East, Chai Lounge

4433 Main St, Vancouver, BC

East is East, Chai Lounge Employer Reviews

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challenging but rewarding
Written by a Server in Vancouver, BC on Mar 26, 2025
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free food, fun environment, very busy, high turnover, but fun kitchen staff

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Nice place to work, good for a first job
Written by a Busser / server assistant in Vancouver, BC on Jan 14, 2025
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The coworkers are great and very friendly. I've had some trouble with shift availability, if it's a slow night, they won't let you clock in or if the manager scheduled you on a day you're not available, they won't change your shift, it will just b...

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The coworkers are great and very friendly. I've had some trouble with shift availability, if it's a slow night, they won't let you clock in or if the manager scheduled you on a day you're not available, they won't change your shift, it will just be cancelled. There are always people coming in for trial shifts, I feel like there's a lot of staff turnover. Free food is a huge help

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Great environment but not managed very well
Written by a Host(ess) in Vancouver, BC on Jul 30, 2024
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Atmosphere and employees were phenomenal, shift scheduling was very flexible and staff meals were amazing. Great introduction to higher end / fine-dining. Tip outs aren't great, but the management was the biggest problem. Super nice, but not very ...

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Atmosphere and employees were phenomenal, shift scheduling was very flexible and staff meals were amazing. Great introduction to higher end / fine-dining. Tip outs aren't great, but the management was the biggest problem. Super nice, but not very organised and training wasn't comprehensive and there was very little communication.

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The managers were always available to help if needed.
Written by a Busser / server assistant in Vancouver, BC on Jul 20, 2024
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A great introduction to serving
Written by a Server in Vancouver, BC on Sep 26, 2023
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Other service staff and kitchen staff were friendly and nice to work with. Management can be sketchy and don't always pay you for overtime hours and take tips occasionally. Hours are great and guests are wonderful for the most part. Free food and ...

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Other service staff and kitchen staff were friendly and nice to work with. Management can be sketchy and don't always pay you for overtime hours and take tips occasionally. Hours are great and guests are wonderful for the most part. Free food and drinks are a huge plus.

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cool place, fun kitchen staff
Written by a Server in Vancouver, BC on Jul 19, 2023
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Fun work environment, free food any time, decent tips, good hours, sometimes overtime hours but no overtime pay, busy, heavy flow.

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Great opportunities for advancement
Written by a Server in Vancouver, BC on Apr 13, 2023
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Flexible hours, good work environment!

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Management is pretty unorganized
Written by a Server in Vancouver, BC on Aug 12, 2022
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You may be expected to do tasks that are not a part of the duty of the position you applied for.

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Lots of flexibility
Written by a Server in Vancouver, BC on Mar 20, 2022
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lots of flexible hours and dedicated customers. Tip out for servers is 6%-9%. Friendly environment

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Fun place to start working in hospitality
Written by a Assistant general manager in Vancouver, BC on Aug 26, 2021
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Discounts are good and the team is amazing. Management is a little over the place and need to listen their employes more often.

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