restaurant

Definition of restaurant in English English dictionary: An eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables; {i} business where customers can purchase and eat meals; For purposes of granting licenses of the first class or first and third class, means a place located in a suitable building adequately equipped, and having a sufficient number of employees, to serve meals regularly in a public dining room provided for that purpose Regular meals for the purpose of this regulation shall mean the usual assortment of food commonly ordered at various hours of the day; An eating house; An establishment where meals are prepared and served to the public for consumption for compensation; Merchants selling prepared foods in a face-to-face environment, who normally use conventional terminals and swipe their transactions; shall mean a food service establishment where food is served in individual portions for consumption on the premises This term shall not include an establishment which operates exclusively as a caterer, a commissary, a food processing establishment, a mobile food unit, a retail food store or a temporary food service establishment; a building where people go to eat; A restaurant is a place where you can eat a meal and pay for it. In restaurants your food is usually served to you at your table by a waiter or waitress. They ate in an Italian restaurant in Forth Street. a place where you can buy and eat a meal Chinese/French/Mexican etc restaurant (restaurer , from restaurare; RESTORE). Establishment where refreshments or meals are served to paying guests. Though inns and taverns served simple fare to travelers for centuries, the first modern restaurant where guests could order from a varied menu is thought to have belonged to A. Boulanger, a soup vendor who opened his business in Paris in 1765. The sign above his door advertised restoratives, or restaurants, referring to his soups and broths. By 1804 Paris had more than 500 restaurants, and France soon became internationally famous for its cuisine. Other European restaurants include the Italian trattorie, taverns featuring local specialties; the German Weinstuben, informal restaurants with a large wine selection; the Spanish tapas bars, which serve a wide variety of appetizers; and the public houses of England. Asian restaurants include the Japanese sushi bars and teahouses serving formal Kaiseki cuisine as well as the noodle shops of China. Most U.S. restaurant innovations have revolved around speed. The cafeteria originated in San Francisco during the 1849 gold rush; cafeterias feature self-service and offer a variety of foods displayed on counters. The U.S. also pioneered fast-food restaurants such as White Castle (founded 1921) and McDonald's (see Ray Kroc), usually operated as chains and offering limited menus
restaurant critic: The terms food critic, food writer, and restaurant critic can all be used to describe a writer who analyses food or restaurants and then publishes the results of their findings. While these terms are not strictly synonymous they are often used interchangeably, at least in some circumstances. Those who share their opinions via food columns in newspapers and magazines are known as food columnists
restaurant business: business of running a food service where people can sit and eat meals
restaurant car: railroad car where food is served to passengers
restaurant car: A restaurant car is a carriage on a train where passengers can have a meal. a carriage on a train where meals are served = dining car
restaurant chain: a chain of restaurants
restaurant chain: group of restaurants bearing the same name and belonging to the same owners
restaurant review: critique of a restaurant, rating of a restaurant's qualities (food, service, prices, etc.)
restaurant reviewer: person who writes about restaurants and rates them according to quality and service
Alice's Restaurant: An eighteen minute, twenty second song, (Arlo Guthrie, 1967) as a satirical protest against the Vietnam War draft; by extension, any hectic place of apparent reprieve
Chinese restaurant syndrome: A syndrome associated with consumption of the westernized version of Chinese food, characterized by various symptoms such as burning and tingling sensations, rapid heartbeat, and drowsiness, and tentatively ascribed to monosodium glutamate in the food
family restaurant: An eating establishment that serves relatively simple food at reasonable prices, and welcomes children as well as adults
fast food restaurant: Any restaurant characterised by the ability, in principle, to provide hot food with the minimum of delay (typically no longer than a patron would be happy to stand and wait). Does not necessarily preclude the cooking of food to order
The over reliance on fast food restaurants is believed to be a major contributor to the increase in obesity.
restaurant.: resto
take-out restaurant: A restaurant that serves food to be taken outside
There's a take-out restaurant. Let's buy some food and go to the park.
Chinese restaurant: restaurant which serves Chinese food
Chinese restaurant syndrome: A group of symptoms, including dizziness, facial pressure, sweating, and headache, that may occur after the ingestion of food containing large amounts of monosodium glutamate
French restaurant: {i} restaurant which serves French food
Indian restaurant: restaurant specializing in food that is traditionally served in India
Italian restaurant: restaurant which serves Italian food
Japanese restaurant: restaurant specializing in Japanese food
Lebanese restaurant: {i} restaurant serving Lebanese food
Mexican restaurant: restaurant specializing in Mexican food
Restaurants: garbage
Rumanian restaurant: restaurant which serves Rumanian style food
chinese restaurant syndrome: headache and tingling or burning feelings and sweating caused by eating food that contains monosodium glutamate
dairy restaurant: restaurant which has a dairy based menu and does not serve meat
drive-in restaurant: restaurant at which one is served without having to leave one's vehicle, drive-through restaurant
fast food restaurant: restaurant in which food is prepared and served quickly
first-class restaurant: excellent restaurant, first-rate restaurant
fish restaurant: {i} restaurant that specializes in preparing different kinds of fish and other seafood dishes; restaurant that serves fish and seafood dishes
oriental restaurant: restaurant which offers grilled meats and the type of food that is enjoyed in eastern countries
restaurants: plural of restaurant
vegetarian restaurant: place where food based from vegetables is ordered and eaten on location

restaurant

Hyphenation

res·tau·rant

Turkish pronunciation

restıränt

Synonyms

bar, café, cafeteria, canteen, chophouse, coffee shop, diner, dining room, dive, doughtnut shop, drive-in, eatery, eating house, eating place, fast-food place

Pronunciation

/ˈrestərˌänt/ /ˈrɛstɜrˌɑːnt/

Etymology

[ 'res-t(&-)r&nt, -t& ] (noun.) 1827. From French (a form of restaurer), from Latin restaurans, present participle of restaurare (“restore”), from restorative soup served in the first establishments.