restaurant
[noun]
Synonyms: bistro, café, cafeteria, diner (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), eatery, tearoom

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res‧tau‧rant S2 W2 /ˈrestərɒnt $ -rənt, -rɑːnt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: restaurer 'to restore', from Latin restaurare; ⇒ restore]
a place where you can buy and eat a meal
Chinese/French/Mexican etc restaurant
We went to a little Italian restaurant near Leicester Square.
He took her out for a five-course dinner in a fancy restaurant.
The company runs a chain of restaurants.
A new restaurant has just opened across the road.

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restaurant
noun
ADJ. large | little, small | elegant, excellent, fine, good, smart, stylish | cheap, expensive | local | crowded | family | candlelit, intimate | a la carte | self-service | take-away | licensed | Chinese, French, etc. | fast-food, fish, seafood
VERB + RESTAURANT go (out) to If you're too tired to cook, let's go to a restaurant.
leave, walk out of They walked out of the restaurant without paying.
manage, run She runs a family fish restaurant on the seafront.
RESTAURANT + VERB offer sth, serve sth, specialize in sth a restaurant offering a wide variety of local specialities The hotel restaurant serves a buffet breakfast. an Asian restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine
RESTAURANT + NOUN manager, owner, staff | chain
PREP. at a/the ~ They argued the whole time we were at the restaurant.
in a/the ~ We had a quick meal in a small local restaurant.

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restaurant

go to a restaurant
We went to a restaurant in the King’s Road.
take somebody to a restaurant
He’s taking me to a Japanese restaurant in town.
eat at/in a restaurant (also dine at/in a restaurant formal)
Have you eaten in this restaurant before?
a restaurant serves something
The restaurant serves lunch from midday until two thirty.
a restaurant specializes in something
Restaurants near the waterfront tend to specialize in seafood.
a Chinese/Italian etc restaurant
We booked a table at our local Italian restaurant.
a fast-food restaurant (=where food that can be prepared quickly is served or available to take away)
The High Street is full of fast-food restaurants.
a fish/seafood restaurant
I went to a seafood restaurant by the pier for lunch.
an expensive/cheap restaurant
He took her out to an expensive restaurant.
a trendy/fashionable restaurant (=one that is influenced by the most fashionable styles and ideas)
The hotel is surrounded by elegant boutiques and trendy restaurants.
a fancy restaurant informal (=expensive and fashionable)
In some fancy restaurants, the chefs decorate the salads with flowers.
a posh restaurant British English informal (=where richer people go)
They all earn huge salaries and eat at posh restaurants.
an upscale restaurant American English (=where richer people go)
It's interesting that rabbit has become so popular at upscale restaurants.
a restaurant chain (=one that is owned or managed by the same company or person)
Café Rouge is part of a large restaurant chain.
a restaurant owner/manager
He worked as a restaurant manager at Mario's Pizzas for 10 years.
restaurant meals
There is a choice of bar snacks or restaurant meals.

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