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.
We had dinner in the hotel's restaurant.
café
Synonyms: café, diner [mainly US, Canadian], bistro, cafeteria More Synonyms of restaurant
restaurant in British English
(ˈrɛstəˌrɒŋ, ˈrɛstrɒŋ, -rɒnt)
noun
a commercial establishment where meals are prepared and served to customers
Word origin
C19: from French, from restaurer to restore
restaurant in American English
(ˈrɛstəˌrɑnt; ˈrɛstərənt; ˈrɛsˌtrɑnt)
US
noun
a place where meals can be bought and eaten
Word origin
Fr, substantive use of prp. of restaurer: see restore
restaurant in Hospitality
(rɛstərɑnt)
Word forms: (regular plural) restaurants
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): General)
A restaurant is a place where you can eat a meal and pay for it. In restaurants, your food isusually served to you at your table by a waiter or waitress.
The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The food at the restaurant was good and the waiters were polite.
The seafood restaurant specializes in serving fish and shellfish.
It is really just a large provincial city with fancy shops and restaurants.
The Sun (2016)
Their absolutely favourite thing at the moment is visiting the bathrooms in restaurants and hotels.
The Sun (2016)
The pretty quay is lined with bustling pubs and restaurants.
The Sun (2017)
Do you know a good restaurant in London?
The Sun (2017)
If you're single your new love first says hello in a health food restaurant.
The Sun (2016)
They're lucky enough to have a nice life where they get to eat at restaurants.
The Sun (2017)
Shops and restaurants selling alcohol must be more than 500m from motorways.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If there are no onsite facilities, this could be arranged through a local cafe or restaurant or a food delivery company.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is basically a (quite good ) dessert restaurant.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We eat out in some very good neighbourhood restaurants too.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But restaurants so often profess some sort of philosophy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Part of its work is to encourage hotels and restaurants to find and use local produce.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The heavily indebted pub and restaurant sector is facing a wave of collapses.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The food is fantastic with a choice of three restaurants for dinner.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Meeting at a public place like a restaurant has other perks as well.
Christianity Today (2000)
The expense of a restaurant meal before the movie.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Bars and restaurants are often the masters of this particular dark art of obfuscation.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Wine makes infinitely more money for restaurants than food does.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Just do not expect to know how much sugar you are eating in his restaurants.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Dinner in the restaurant was worth the trip on its own.
The Sun (2013)
So are restaurant meals too big and what should they really weigh?
The Sun (2016)
And it happens to me quite often in restaurants.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The food is restaurant standard but requires no more than average kitchen skills to rustle up.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He enjoyed good food and wine and keenly sought out the best restaurants in any place he visited for work.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It has restaurants, shops and casinos galore.
The Sun (2010)
The glib answer to the question'What makes a good restaurant?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This elegant city-centre hotel has three restaurants and an extensive spa.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He didn't like going into restaurants or pubs in case he was pestered.
Duncan Hamilton Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years with Brian Clough (2007)
As well as free wifi, there is a decent bar and cafe as well as a good restaurant.
The Sun (2015)
My brother once saw him at a restaurant in Liverpool Street.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
The area has outstanding pubs, restaurants, shopping and schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
restaurant
British English: restaurant /ˈrɛstəˌrɒŋ; ˈrɛstrɒŋ; -rɒnt/ NOUN
A restaurant is a place where you can buy and eat a meal.
...an excellent restaurant.
American English: restaurant
Arabic: مَطْعَم
Brazilian Portuguese: restaurante
Chinese: 餐馆
Croatian: restoran
Czech: restaurace
Danish: restaurant
Dutch: restaurant
European Spanish: restaurante
Finnish: ravintola
French: restaurant
German: Restaurant
Greek: εστιατόριο
Italian: ristorante
Japanese: レストラン
Korean: 식당
Norwegian: restaurant
Polish: restauracja
European Portuguese: restaurante
Romanian: restaurant
Russian: ресторан
Latin American Spanish: restaurante
Swedish: restaurang
Thai: ร้านอาหาร
Turkish: restoran
Ukrainian: ресторан
Vietnamese: nhà hàng
All related terms of 'restaurant'
fish restaurant
a restaurant which serves mainly fish
nice restaurant
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 .
posh restaurant
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 .
restaurant car
A restaurant car is a carriage on a train where passengers can have a meal.
buffet restaurant
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 .
chain restaurant
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 .
elegant restaurant
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 .
fancy restaurant
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 .
gourmet restaurant
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 .
hotel restaurant
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 .
Indian restaurant
a restaurant that serves Indian food
Italian restaurant
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 .
pizza restaurant
a place where pizzas are made, sold , or eaten
rooftop restaurant
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 .
seafood restaurant
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 .
smart restaurant
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 .
steak restaurant
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 .
stylish restaurant
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 .
sushi restaurant
a restaurant serving sushi
trendy restaurant
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 .
book a restaurant
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 .
expensive restaurant
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 .
fashionable restaurant
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 .
favourite restaurant
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 .
floating restaurant
a boat or ship that has been converted for use as a restaurant
motorway restaurant
a restaurant on a motorway
mountain restaurant
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 .
open a restaurant
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 .
pop-up restaurant
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 .
run a restaurant
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 .
speciality restaurant
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 .
vegetarian restaurant
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 .
visit a restaurant
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 .
fast-food restaurant
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 .
five-star restaurant
a restaurant which has been given the top star-rating
high-end restaurant
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 .
neighbourhood restaurant
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 .
review a restaurant
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 .
award-winning restaurant
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 .
recommend a restaurant
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 .
Chinese restaurant syndrome
a group of symptoms such as dizziness, headache , and flushing formerly claimed to be caused by consuming large amounts of monosodium glutamate , esp as used in Chinese food
dining car
A dining car is a carriage on a train where passengers can have a meal.
Chinese translation of 'restaurant'
restaurant
(ˈrɛstərɔŋ)
n(c)
餐馆(館) (cānguǎn) (家, jiā)
(noun)
Definition
a place where meals are prepared and served to customers
We had dinner in the hotel's restaurant.
Synonyms
café
The café also serves delicious lunches.
diner mainly US, Canadian)
I ducked into a diner where I sometimes stop for coffee.
bistro
cafeteria
trattoria
tearoom
eatery or eaterie
Additional synonyms
in the sense of diner
Definition
a small cheap restaurant
I ducked into a diner where I sometimes stop for coffee.