This document categorizes and defines different types of restaurants. It describes bistros as small French restaurants serving moderately priced home-style meals. Food courts are found in malls and airports and contain multiple fast food vendors with a common dining area. Oyster bars specialize in serving fresh oysters. Brasseries are French restaurants that serve single dishes with professional but relaxed service.

1. Categories of Restaurant
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2. BISTRO
A bistro is, in its
original Parisian inca
rnation, a
small restaurant,
serving moderately
priced simple meals in
a modest setting.
Bistros are defined
mostly by the foods
they serve. French
home-style cooking,
and slow-cooked foods
like cassoulet, a bean

3. FOOD COURT
 A food court is generally
an indoor plaza
or common area within a
facility that is contiguous
with the counters of
multiple food vendors and
provides a common area
for self-serve dining.
 Food courts may be found
in shopping
malls, airports, and parks.
In various regions, it may
be a standalone
development. In some
places of learning such as
high schools and
universities, food courts
have also come to replace

4. OYSTER BAR
An oyster bar, also
known as an oyster
saloon, oyster house or
a raw bar, is a food
service term that
describes
restaurant specializing
in serving oysters, or a
section of a restaurant
which serves
oysters buffet-style.
Oyster bars usually
strive to offer only the

5. BRASSERIE
• In France and
the Francophone world,
a brasserie is a type of French
restaurant with a relaxed
setting, which serves single
dishes and other meals. The
word brasserie is
also French for "brewery"
and, by extension, "the
brewing business".
• A brasserie can be expected
to have professional service,
printed menus, and,
traditionally, white linen—
unlike a bistro which may
have none of these. Typically,
a brasserie is open every day

6. CAFETERIA
A cafeteria is a type
of food service location
in which there is little
or no waiting staff table
service, whether
a restaurant or within
an institution such as a
large office building or
school; a school dining
location is also referred
to as a dining
hall or canteen.
Instead of table service,
there are food-serving
counters/stalls, either in

7. CARVERY
A carvery is
a restaurant where
cooked meat is freshly
sliced to order for
customers, sometimes
offering unlimited
servings for a fixed
price.
Carveries are often
found in pubs and
hotels, and are
particularly
commonly held at
weekends, when they
offer
traditional Sunday

8. ICE-CREAM PARLOR
Ice cream parlors are
restaurants that sell ice
cream, gelato, sorbet,
and frozen yogurt to
consumers.
Ice cream is typically
sold as regular ice
cream, gelato, and soft
serve, which is usually
dispensed by a machine
with a limited number
of flavors. It is
customary for ice cream
parlors to offer several
flavors and items.

9. DHABA
Dhaba is the name given to
roadside restaurants
in India and Pakistan.
They are situated on
highways and generally
serve local cuisine, and
also serve as truck stops.
They are most commonly
found next to petrol
stations, and most are
open 24 hours a day.
 The word dhaba has come
to represent any
restaurant that serves
Punjabi food, especially
the heavily spiced and
fried Punjabi fare

10. DRIVE-IN
 At a drive-in
restaurant, for example,
customers park their
vehicles and are usually
served by staff who
walk or roller-skate out
to take orders and
return with food,
encouraging diners to
remain parked while
they eat.

11. COFFEE SHOP
Coffeehouse and coffee shop are
related terms for an establishment
which primarily serves prepared
coffee and other hot beverages.
Coffeehouses focus on
providing coffee and tea as well as
light snacks.
 Many coffee houses in the Middle
East, and in West
Asian immigrant districts in
the Western world, offer
shisha (nargile in Turkish and
Greek), flavored tobacco smoked
through a hookah. Espresso
bars are a type of coffeehouse that
specialize in serving espresso and
espresso-based drinks.

12. FINE-DINING
The term Fine Dining brings to mind all kinds
of images, from crisp white table cloths to
waiters in tuxedos.
Fine dining, just as the name suggests, offers
patrons the finest in food, service and
atmosphere. It is also the highest priced type of
restaurant you can operate.
While you may bring in mucho bucks with a
fine dining restaurant you will also pay out
more money than if you were running a more
casual restaurant, such as a diner or
café .There are three main areas of focus with a
fine dining restaurant: the menu, service and

13. CAFE
A restaurant serving coffee and other beverages along
with baked goods or light meals.

14. NIGHTCLUB
A nightclub is an
entertainment venue
which usually
operates late into the
night.
A nightclub is
generally
distinguished
from bars, pubs or ta
verns by the inclusion
of a dance floor and
a DJ booth, where a
DJ plays recorded

15. DISCOTHEQUE
Any
commercial
establishment
serving
alcoholic
beverages and
providing
entertainment
for patrons
including bars,

16. KIOSK
A small building whe
re things such
as chocolate, drinks,
or
newspapers are sold t
hrough
an open window.
A self-service shop,
restaurant, or garage
is one where you get
things for yourself
rather than being

17. ROTISSERIE
A restaurant
specializing in broiled
and barbecued meats
an appliance fitted
with a spit on which
food is rotated before
or over a source of
heat

18. FAST-FOOD JOINT
 It is relating to, or
specializing in food that
can be prepared and
served quickly.
 A fast–food restaurant
is designed for ready
availability, use, or
consumption and with
little consideration given
to quality or
significance.

19. SPECIALITY RESTAURANTS
 Specialty
restaurants are restaura
nts in which the concept
of the restaurant takes
priority over everything
else, influencing
the architecture, food,
music, and overall 'feel'
of the restaurant.
The food usually takes a
backseat to the
presentation of the
theme, and these
restaurants attract
customers solely on the