This document defines and describes different types of restaurants. It begins by defining a restaurant as an outlet that serves food and beverages to customers dining in, as opposed to take-out. It then lists and describes 8 common types of restaurants: coffee shops, food halls/courts, bistros/pubs, casual dining, national/ethnic, fine dining, cafeterias, and fast food. Each type is characterized by its atmosphere, style of service, food options, and target customers.

1. The
RESTAURANT

2. Restaurant
•A restaurant is a food outlet that
serves food and beverages to
dine-in customers as
differentiated from those being
served in take-out counters or
vending machines.

3. •The type of service and the service
procedures among restaurants vary
depending on their classification,
the type of food and services, the
volume of orders and the
composition of their prospective
customers.

4. TYPES OF RESTAURANT
1.Coffee Shop
2.Food Halls/Courts
3.Bistros or Pubs
4.Casual Dining
5.National or Ethnic
6.Fine Dining
7.Cafeterias
8.Fast Food •

5. COFFEE SHOP
• A casual dining outlet that refers
to people “on the go” such that
most items served are short orders.
• Coffee shops require fast service
to ensure a fast turnover of
customers.

6. FOOD HALLS/FOOD
COURTS
• Taken over from traditional
cafeterias. They offer a
wide variety of foods,
which guests select for
themselves. Service staffs
are responsible for clearing
the eating areas.

7. BISTROS/PUBS
• This style of service
applies in casual or pub
environments. The food,
usually main meals, is
either collected by the
guests from a counter or
served by service staff. An
essential element of this
service is speed.

8. CASUAL DINING
RESTAURANTS
• Here, appearance and
atmosphere provide an
environment for casual dining, but
table service is offered. Informal
restaurants don’t always have a
license to serve alcohol, but they
have BYO facilities. Service staff
might be capable of friendly
informality in their dealings with
guest while remaining
professionally efficient.

9. NATIONAL or ETHNIC
RESTAURANTS
• In these popular establishments,
the style of the service may be as
much as part of the culture
experience offered to guests as the
food itself.

10. FINE DINING
RESTAURANTS
• Usually has a suitably
comfortable or impressive
ambience for the fine
cuisine on offer. Service
staff not only be discreetly
professional in what they
do, but also to be highly
skilled and knowledgeable.

11. CAFETERIAS
(STUDENT/INDUSTRIAL
CANTEEN)
• are meant for people with
low meal budget. It serves
value meals that are
usually displayed in fast
food counters.

12. FAST FOOD
RESTAURANTS
• sometimes known as a quick
service restaurant or QSR, is a
specific type of restaurant
characterized both by its fast
food cuisine and by minimal
table service. Food served in
fast food restaurants typically
caters to a "meat-sweet diet" and
is offered from a limited menu; is
cooked in bulk in advance and
kept hot; is finished and
packaged to order; and is
usually available ready to take
away, though seating may be
provided.