Thesaurus:restaurant

• automat

• beanery

• buffet

• cafeteria

• canteen

• cookhouse

• cookshack

• diner

• dining hall

• eatery (Canada, US, informal)

• hashery

• luncheonette

• lunchroom

• noshery (informal)

• restaurant

• carryout (Scotland, US)

• fast food restaurant

• takeaway (chiefly Britain, Australia and New Zealand)

• takeout (chiefly North America)

• dining car

• drive-in (US)

• gastropub (British)

• hash house (US, slang)

• hole-in-the-wall (idiomatic)

By cuisine

• bistro

• curry house

• chophouse

• greasy spoon

• grill

• grillroom

• pizza parlor

• pizza shop

• pizza store

• pizzeria

• steakhouse

• trattoria

By clientele or location

• chow hall (slang)

• mess hall (US)

• messroom

• refectory

• building    [WS]

• business

• eating establishment

• establishment

• dining room

• kitchen

• lunch counter

•   —

• chef

• cook    [WS]

• cordon bleu

• dishwasher

• hash slinger

• maître d'

• restauranteur

• server

• sommelier

• sous-chef

• waiter

• waitress

• waitstaff

•   —

• chair

• menu

• house wine

• table

• wine list

• food court

• all-you-can-eat

• chuck wagon (US)

• could I see the menu, please

• front of house

• lady who lunches

• the bill, please