Ciao Ragazzi! 🍕🔥

Are you an amazing talent looking for an opportunity to work abroad? Join Urban Italian Group (UIG), one of Scandinavia’s fastest-growing restaurant groups. Right now, we are hiring waiters and bartenders for our restaurants in Sweden.

Our Restaurants:

🌟 Florentine – An upscale trattoria inspired by classic Italian glamour.
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🍝 Basta – A vibrant casual dining brand serving incredible Italian food.
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ABOUT US

Urban Italian Group (UIG) serves over 4000 guests daily across our 11 restaurants.

The restaurant group was founded in 2017 and since then has grown organically, doubling the size of its organization each year with constant development across all dimensions: quality of food and beverages, hearted hospitality and beautiful interior spaces.

Our two flagship brands, Basta and Florentine, are among Scandinavia’s most popular restaurant brands. In fact, both of our Stockholm locations were among the Top 10 most booked restaurants in 2024.

🍝 Basta – Basta is a casual dining restaurant brand, offering great guest experiences in beautifully designed places, focused around great value for the guests. With a colorful inspiration from the narrow streets of Amalfi up to the north of Milano.

✨ Florentine – Florentine on the other hand is an international upscale casual dining Trattoria offering culinary experiences in a glamorous setting straight from the Italian movie scene.

Exciting Future Growth:

• Basta is expanding to 18 locations in Sweden by 2030.

• Florentine is set to go international, targeting the Middle East, Oslo, and London.

• A new multi-unit Italian concept launches in 2025.

• A modern Spanish tapas restaurant opens in Stockholm in 2026.

Culture and values

We are a family of 450 amazing people that keeps growing.

We value everyone within our team and are really grateful you are here. We believe each of us contributes to the well being of our ecosystem. This goes beyond just serving people, we take them in and truly look after them. Guests and team alike.
Our core values: Passion, Trust, Entrepreneurship & Authenticity are guiding light in everything we do

About You and the role

We see every team member as valuable and important to ensuring the all-around brilliant experience for our guests. We’re looking for friendly people with great attitudes who genuinely care about making others feel special.

We are hiring waiters and bartenders for seasonal and long-term contracts in Sweden.

• Minimum 1 year experience in a high-volume, full à la carte restaurant.

• EU work permit required (visa sponsorship currently unavailable).

• Fluent English (Swedish is a plus but not required).

• A friendly, guest-focused attitude and a passion for hospitality.

Our support and what to expect

Our team is full of big hearted and incredibly talented colleagues who will make sure you feel very welcomed from day one.

• Best on the market salary of 16-18 euro per hour + tips

• Average of 30-40 hours a week

• Housing (T&Cs applies)

• Seasonal and permanent contracts

• 500 euro referral bonus scheme for introducing a successful colleague

• Delicious team meals and bottomless soft drinks on shifts

• Best on the market growth opportunities

• Regular performance reviews and salary evaluations

• Full onboarding, cross training and tailored career development plan

• The unforgettable annual Gala party and team nights out

• International trips and possibility to work abroad

• Friends for life

Trophy Cabinet

• Diversity price, 2023 (51 different nationalities within our family)

• Top 10 most booked restaurants in Stockholm 2023

• Best Swedens Vegan Pizza 2024