Samir Lazaar

A waiter at the Waldorf Astoria Ras Al Khaimah less than a decade ago, Samir Lazaar has now been promoted to his most senior role to date. He is now restaurant manager at Cleo, a Mediterranean outlet within Hyde Hotel Dubai.

Lazaar has been with the Ennismore group property since its pre-opening days as assistant restaurant manager.

Before joining Hyde Hotel Dubai in mid-2021, Lazaar had worked at Madinat Jumeirah Resort Dubai as a waiter in 2016, promoted at the hotel to team leader in 2017. In 2018 he was made an assistant manager, and in 2019 an assistant outlet manager in Abu Dhabi for Jumeirah.

He later joined the Address Beach Resort as assistant restaurant manager, going onto work with Hyde.