waitstaff

or wait staff

[ weyt-staf, ‐-stahf ]

noun

1. a staff of waiters or waitresses who wait on tables, as in a restaurant.
2. a waiter or waitress.

Example Sentences

There is virtually no waitstaff, and “doing the dishes” after a burger and fries pretty much just means throwing all the packaging in the trash.

From Eater

Bonus points if you get tested a couple of days before just to make sure you’re keeping the waitstaff safe from potential infection.

From Popular-Science

It’s also far too easy to mindlessly endanger restaurant workers carrying the lion’s share of risk, forgetting or simply choosing not to put a mask back on when waitstaff come to take an order or drop off food.

From Eater

The fact that male customers might not realize how much power their demands had over the livelihoods of their female waitstaff — or worse, that they might be fully aware.

From Washington Post

Soon, waitstaff at Chili’s had also tested positive, forcing the location to close.

From Time

Waitstaff, whose hourly wages are a fairly trivial part of their compensation, will presumably just clock out and keep working.

From The Daily Beast

Working stiffs like the waitstaff around us did not even enter into his calculation.

From The Daily Beast