Learn English – What’s the person who sits in the counter and makes payments in a restaurant called

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A clerk is a receptionist in a hotel. What is a person who specifically is responsible of receiving payments in a restaurant called? I'm looking for something better than Salesclerk.

Best Answer

A cashier would be one option. In more up-market establishments it may well be the maître d'hôtel (often abbreviated to maître d') who would handle these payments, though not necessarily while sitting at a counter.