- restaurant
- nounADJECTIVE▪ large▪ little, small▪
a little restaurant I know in Paris
▪ five-star, four-star, etc.▪ decent, excellent, good, great, wonderful▪ classy, elegant, exclusive, fancy, fine, fine-dining (esp. AmE), gourmet, high-end (AmE), posh (informal), smart (esp. BrE), stylish (esp. BrE), top, upscale (AmE)▪ cool (esp. AmE), hip, hot (esp. AmE), trendy (all informal)▪some of the hottest restaurants in New York
▪ casual▪ cheap, expensive▪ popular▪ chain (esp. AmE)▪the country's most successful chain restaurants
▪ theme (esp. AmE)▪ hotel▪She eats at the hotel restaurant when she travels on business.
▪ area (AmE), local, nearby, neighbourhood/neighborhood (esp. AmE)▪ downtown (AmE)▪ busy, crowded▪ family▪ candlelit (esp. BrE), intimate, romantic▪ à la carte (esp. BrE)▪ full-service (AmE)▪ self-service▪ sit-down (AmE)▪ takeaway (BrE), takeout (AmE)▪ outdoor▪ licensed (BrE)▪ ethnic▪ Chinese, French, etc.▪ fish, pizza, seafood, sushi▪ fast-food, organic, vegetarian, etc.VERB + RESTAURANT▪ go out to, go to, visit▪If you're too tired to cook, let's go to a restaurant.
▪ frequent▪She frequented the restaurant on almost a weekly basis.
▪ try▪We're going to try this Italian restaurant that just opened.
▪ recommend▪We would recommend this restaurant to anyone.
▪ leave, walk out of▪They walked out of the restaurant without paying.
▪ open, start▪She decided to open her own restaurant.
▪ manage, run▪She runs a family fish restaurant.
▪ operate (esp. AmE), own▪It operates 79 restaurants in 26 states.
▪ closeRESTAURANT + VERB▪ offer sth, serve sth, specialize in sth▪a restaurant offering a wide variety of local specialities
▪The hotel restaurant serves a buffet breakfast.
▪an Asian restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine
▪ cater for, cater to▪the few local shops and restaurants catering to summer visitors
▪ open▪ closeRESTAURANT + NOUN▪ employee, manager, operator, owner, patron (esp. AmE), staff, worker▪Restaurant workers are often badly paid.
▪ chain, group▪ business, industry▪hygiene standards in the restaurant industry
▪ food, menu▪ meal▪the increasing cost of restaurant meals
▪ dining (AmE)▪We don't do a lot of restaurant dining.
▪ table▪ guide, review▪ critic▪ reservation▪ kitchenPREPOSITION▪ at a/the restaurant▪They argued the whole time we were at the restaurant.
▪ in a/the restaurant▪We had a quick meal in a small local restaurant.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
