Restaurant Vocabulary

Restaurant Vocabulary

Luisa Violeta Estrella Molina

TTC

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What is A Restaurant?

A restaurant is a place where people go to eat meals that are prepared and served by the restaurant’s staff.

Appetizer

• /ˈæpəˌtaɪzər/

• A small dish served before a meal to stimulate the appetite.

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Entree

1. /ˈɑnˌtreɪ/
2. The main course of a meal.

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Dessert

/dɪˈzɜrt/

A sweet dish served at the end of a meal.

Waitstaff

1. /wāt′staf′, -stäf′/
2. The people who serve the customers in a restaurant.

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Server

1. /ˈsɜrvər/
2. Another word for a waiter or waitress.

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Busser

1. /ˈbʌsər/
2. A person who helps the waitstaff by clearing tables and refilling drinks.

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Takeout

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/ˈteɪˌkaʊt/

food that is purchased at a restaurant and taken to be eaten elsewhere.

1. Dine-in
2. /daɪn-ɪn/
3. Eating at the restaurant, rather than taking the food to go.

Happy hour

• ˈhæpi ˈaʊər
• A time when a restaurant offers discounted drinks or food specials.

Bring your own bottle (BYOB)

/brɪŋ jʊər oʊn ˈbɑtəl/

bring your own bottle/beverage – a policy where customers are allowed to bring their own alcohol to the restaurant.

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