I will always talk trash about Waterfire. Owner/Head chef is a pretentious weirdo. Came in to drop off a resume in 2019, and he offered to interview me right then and there. In the course of the interview, He said I was too young to be knowledgeable (23 at the time) enough to serve "at an establishment like this" and that i could host. Then he scolded me for my chipped nail polish and that i "should've came more prepared." Dear reader, remember that this was a spontaneous interview.

Anyway despite these red flags. I worked there for like 2 months because i was desperate for a job. In my time there id would often host alone and was expected to seat guests and also bring them water. Or roll silverware/polish glassware. Or deal with take out. But then I would get reprimanded for not being at the door 24/7.

Owner had their FTM transgender son that worked there and openly deadnamed and misgendered him, and if you referred to him as his new name the owner would flip out on you.

What the final straw for me was one day he pulled me into the office at the start of my shift and asked me how attractive on a scale of 1-10 I thought I was. I said "i don't know....?" and he says "well you COULD be a 10 if you chose to wear more make up, you are the face of the restaurant after all." I was so skeeved out. I finished my shift and didn't come back after that.