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This document describes and categorizes various types of food and beverage outlets. It outlines general restaurants, specialty restaurants, coffee shops, grill rooms, bars, nightclubs, lounge bars, pubs, quick service restaurants, cafeterias, poolside barbecues, banquets, room service, internet cafes, coffee/espresso bars, food courts, and vending machines. For each type, it provides a brief description of their defining characteristics such as cuisine, atmosphere, pricing, hours of operation, and location.
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- 1. Food & BeverageOutlets
- 2. General restaurant •Single or multi-cuisine • All day dining or meal specific • Meals offered depend on theme or operating hours • Usually modestly furnished and mid-priced
- 3. Speciality restaurant •Follow a specific cuisine/ theme for décor, ambience, food and beverages, uniforms, style of service • E.g. Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Italian, Middle Eastern, seafood, vegetarian • Meal specific, expensive
- 4. Coffee shop •Attached to hotels, airports • Operate for 24 hrs • All day dining menu for snacks and beverages, meal specific menus or buffets • Informal, pre-plated service, brisk seat turnover, mid-priced
- 5. Grill room •Independent or attached to star hotels • May have open kitchens • Specialise in grilled meats, wine service • Busy during dinner or weekends and holidays • Table reservations needed
- 6. Bar • Alcoholicbeverages-cocktails and snacks • Independent or in a hotel • Operating hours, inventory, location, choice of clients governed by law • Themes like sports bar
- 7. Dicotheque/Nightclub • Membersor couples • Entry fee, dress code • Bar attached, snacks only • Dance floor, DJ console, strobe lights, lasers • Open at night • Promotions like happy hours, theme nights, ladies specials
- 8. Lounge bar •May be attached to a hotel/ restaurant • Alcoholic beverages and snacks • Plush low seating • Popular meeting place for groups • Informal, relaxed atmosphere
- 9. Pub • Madepopular by UK/ Ireland • Informal meeting place • Variety of both bottled and draught beer like ale, bitter, stout • Pub food and games
- 10. Quick service(fast foodrestaurants) • Easy vending foods and beverages, minimal table service • Bulk cooking, takeaway, value meal concept • Franchised chains like McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Wendy’s, Domino’s Pizza, Subway
- 11. Cafeteria • Popularin institutions • Self service • Display counters for F&B selection, trays for cng food • Coupons, or payment at check-out • Snacks and beverages or cyclic meal plans
- 12. Poolside barbeque •Lunch or dinner, in fair weather • Meats, seafood and vegetables like corn on the cob, potatoes along with selection of appetisers and salads • Beverages like beer, wine, etc
- 13. Banquets • Organisingand managing events-weddings, conferences, meetings through indoor as well as outdoor catering • Major source of revenue generation • Some hotels specialise in MICE business
- 14. Room Service/In-room dining • Food and beverage service served in guest rooms • Use of trolley or trays • Service may operate 24 hrs or for specified time duration • Menu folders and door knob menu provided in guest rooms
- 15. Internet Cafe •An internet café or cybercafé provides internet access to the public, usually for a time-based rate fee. They may provide snacks and drinks, hence called café. • E.g. Java Green at Reliance World
- 16. Coffee/Espresso bar •Specialise in beverages made from espresso coffee,tea along with sandwiches, cookies, pastries and merchandise • Often have public WiFi access to provide Internet services to people using laptop computers on the premises.
- 17. Food court •Food courts consist of a number of vendors at food stalls or service counters. Meals are ordered at one of the vendors and then carried to a common dining area. Food courts may be found in shopping malls, airports, train stations, etc
- 18. Vending machines •Dispense pre-packed or portioned food and beverages when coins or tokens are inserted • Used in areas with high labour cost or limited space • Sited in shopping centers, institutions, bus/train stations, airports, etc