restaurants and cafes – synonyms and related words | Macmillan Dictionary

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bar

noun

a small place that serves a particular type of food

bistro

noun

a small restaurant or bar

brasserie

noun

a restaurant or bar, especially one that serves French food

buffet

noun

British a small café at a bus or railroad station

cabaret

noun

a restaurant or club where there is cabaret

café

noun

an informal restaurant where you can get simple inexpensive meals and drinks

cafeteria

noun

an informal restaurant in a place such as a college or hospital where you take the food to the table yourself

caff

noun

Britishinformal a café, especially one selling cheap food and no alcoholic drinks

canteen

noun

mainly British a room in a factory, school, or hospital where inexpensive meals are served. The usual American word is cafeteria.

carryout

noun

food that you buy in a restaurant and eat somewhere else. The usual British word is takeaway.

carryout

noun

a restaurant that sells food that you eat somewhere else

carvery

noun

British a restaurant where meat is cut for you at a table in the restaurant

cat café

noun

a café where there are several cats that customers can stroke and play with

chesanyama

noun

South African a place where people come together to buy meat from a butcher’s and have it grilled on an open fire called a braai

Chinese

noun

Britishinformal a Chinese restaurant or take-out

coffee bar

noun

a small café where you can have hot drinks and cakes

coffeehouse

noun

a coffee bar, especially one that existed in the past

coffee house

noun

a café where people drink coffee. This word is used especially for coffee bars that existed in the past.

commissary

noun

American a restaurant in a large organization, especially in a movie or television studio

cybercafé

noun

a café with computers so that customers can use the internet

diner

noun

a small restaurant that sells simple inexpensive food

dining car

noun

the part of a train that is a restaurant

dinner theater

noun

American a restaurant or theater where you watch a play and eat your evening meal

drive-in

noun

a restaurant where you can have a meal without leaving your car

eatery

noun

mainly journalism a restaurant

grill

noun

a restaurant that serves mainly simple food, especially grilled food

hole-in-the-wall

noun

informal a very small store or restaurant

internet café

noun

a café where people can pay to use the internet, send e-mails, etc.

joint

noun

informal a restaurant, bar, or club, especially one that is inexpensive and not very nice

lunch home

noun

Indian English a small restaurant

pizza parlor

noun

American a pizzeria

pizzeria

noun

a restaurant that serves pizza

pop-up

noun

a restaurant, store, gallery, etc. that opens for a short time, sometimes in a surprising location

restaurant

noun

a building or room where meals and drinks are sold to customers sitting at tables

roadhouse

noun

old-fashioned a restaurant or bar on a main road in the countryside

snack bar

noun

American an area where you buy food and drinks in a movie theater or at a sports event

snack bar

noun

mainly British an informal restaurant where you can eat small meals such as sandwiches

steakhouse

noun

a restaurant that sells mainly steak

tandoori

noun

mainly British an Indian restaurant, especially one that uses the tandoori method of cooking

teahouse

noun

a small restaurant, especially in Asia, where tea and cakes are served

teahouse

noun

a tearoom

tearoom

noun

a small restaurant that serves tea, coffee, desserts, and sandwiches

tea shop

noun

a tearoom

transport café

noun

British a restaurant at a truck stop

trattoria

noun

an Italian restaurant, especially one that is simple and informal

truck stop

noun

American an area with a restaurant beside a major road where truck drivers can stop and have a meal, buy gas, or have their vehicle repaired

wine bar

noun

a place where you can drink wine and eat a meal

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