| banquet |
A banquet is a fancy, formal dinner. Usually, there is a lot of food and many guests. A banquet is often held in a hotel or large room in a restaurant. |
| bill1 |
A bill is a piece of paper that tells how much you have to pay for something. When you are done eating in a restaurant, the waiter brings the bill. If someone comes to your house to fix the roof, they will send a bill later to ask for money for the work they did. [1/4 definitions] |
| booth |
A booth is a very small room or set of furniture built for the use of one person or a small group. A booth in a restaurant, for example, is made up of two comfortable benches facing each other. Between the benches, there is a narrow table. This kind of booth usually seats about four adults. |
| business |
If we talk about doing business, we are talking about buying, selling, giving service, or paying for service. We are talking about the things that a commercial institution does with its customers, or the activities carried out by customers in connection with the commercial institution. If someone pays for food at a restaurant, they are doing business with the restaurant. [1/4 definitions] |
| café |
an informal, often small, restaurant that usually specializes in coffees, simple meals, and desserts. |
| cafeteria |
a dining hall or restaurant in which customers choose or are served their food at a counter. The customers then carry the food on trays to their tables. |
| cash register |
A cash register is a machine that you see in a store or restaurant. When you pay for something, your money goes into a drawer in the cash register. When you need change, the money comes out of the cash register. |
| casual |
When you dress in a casual way, you dress in a way that feels relaxed and comfortable. You wear clothes that are OK to wear at home or with friends but maybe not right to wear to a wedding, an important meeting, or an expensive restaurant. [1/2 definitions] |
| check |
a bill for food and drink at a bar or restaurant. [1/11 definitions] |
| chef |
a cook in charge of a hotel or restaurant kitchen. |
| coffee shop |
a small restaurant that specializes in serving coffee, snacks, and light meals. |
| critic |
A critic is a person whose job is to judge something like a movie, book, restaurant, or play and then write what they think about it. A critic usually works for a newspaper or magazine. A critic usually has a lot of experience with the type of thing they write about and people respect their opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
| customer |
A customer is a person who buys products or services. When you go to buy something in a store or eat in a restaurant, you are a customer. |
| delivery |
A delivery is an act of bringing something to a particular person or place, especially something like a package or letter, food from a restaurant, or something ordered from a store. |
| diner |
one who eats a meal. [2 definitions] |
| dining room |
A dining room is a room in a home, hotel, or restaurant that is used for eating meals. |
| dish |
A dish is a certain kind of food that someone makes and serves to people. In a restaurant, the menu shows you all the different dishes that the restaurant makes and that you can choose from. [1/4 definitions] |
| drive-in |
a business, especially a restaurant, that serves people who drive up and stay seated in their cars. [1/2 definitions] |
| fill |
When someone fills your order at a restaurant, it means that they make up or prepare your order. They get what you ordered and give it to you. [1/6 definitions] |
| grill |
a restaurant where grilled foods are served. [1/4 definitions] |
| guest |
a customer at a hotel or restaurant. [1/2 definitions] |