MiglioHey, this is Robert on this English podcast. And today we're talking about types of restaurants. I'm sure you guys go to restaurants every now and then. Let me know in the comments if you do, and which ones do you like to go to? So there are various types of restaurants, and if you are learning English as a second language, you might want to know the names or the types of these restaurants, because when your hunger takes over, you literally go blind, right? So you don't want to be doing that and not knowing where to go. So let's get started with the types of restaurants. So here are the common types of restaurants in most cities. The first one I go with is fine dining. Fine dining restaurants offer diners, which is the people who dine an upscale meal experience, often compromising several courses for example salad, appetizers, entrees, dessert, etc. These types of restaurants try to create a stylish atmosphere that speaks of elegance, exclusivity and class fine dining establishments can operate as a franchise for broader appeal or as a single location to increase their sophisticated image.But be careful. If you go to eat in one of these restaurants, you might come out actually hungrier than before. You might have to go home and knock yourself a sandwich because fine dining often means very little, very tiny, sophisticated food. Next one is casual dining. Casual dining types of restaurants usually share the following characteristics the customers are served at their table. Food offerings are moderately price. Atmosphere is low key, so you don't need to worry about dressing up or keeping your voice down when you're speaking. Decor is often unique and based on the type of food served. As a general rule, casual dining restaurants fall between the fine dining and fast casual on the fancy spectrum. Okay, so next is fast casual.Fast casual restaurants cater to customers who are looking for fare that is relatively quick, yet at the same time healthier than fast food and more affordable than a casual dining establishment. As such, fast, casual types of restaurants offer quality food counter service as opposed to table service and a more casual, contemporary style and decor. Next, we have Ghost restaurants, a ghost restaurant also known as virtual restaurant, delivery only restaurant, online only restaurant or dark Kitchen, is a food service business that serves customers exclusively through phone orders, online orders are both, in a virtual restaurant, as the name rightly suggests. The majority, if not all of the business is conducted via computer, tablet or smartphone. A ghost restaurant doesn't have a traditional storefront with decor, signage and a large dining room. Instead, this new business model only requires a kitchen and delivery drivers. Then we have family style types of restaurants.A family style restaurant is similar to the casual dining model mentioned above with one single difference: servers deliver the food in large dishes and customers then serve the food for themselves and pass it to other diners at the table. These types of restaurants often have a more relaxed atmosphere than the fine dining and casual dining models and cater to families with children or groups of friends.Then we have fast food. Of course, everybody knows that fast food is the most widely recognized type of restaurant, thanks to franchised chains like Taco Bell, Burger King, KFC, etc. Fast food restaurants attract diners because of their price, convenience and speed. Because of this focus, ingredients in fast food restaurants are usually preheated or pre-cooked, though not always. Food is then delivered over the counter or through a drive thru window, and customers seat themselves.So there you go. Fast food, fast food, fast pay, fast collect, fast eat. Next we have food truck, cart or stand. Food trucks carts or stands are unique modern businesses that normally specialize in a single type of food. For example tacos, sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream or smoothies, etc., and serve a limited menu that revolves around those items.They are generally categorized together with fast food restaurants because the focus is on speed. Additionally, seating options may be sparse or even nonexistent. You see them often near the seaside front. Okay, then we have café. Cafés are characterized by outdoor seating and unhurried atmosphere and the loyalty of their repeat customers. Offerings include coffee, tea, pastry, small items for breakfast or lunch, and a small sampling of dessert.Diners order food at the counter, pay on the spot and serve themselves so the cafe model does not require a large staff. Turnover in cafes is usually low, and customers may work or socialize for long periods of time. Next, we have buffet style types of restaurant. Buffet are an extension of the family style restaurant where customers are provided a selection of food at a fixed price.Guests serve themselves and can return to the buffet as many times as they want. Yeah, but you do put on weight like that if you always go to buffet. The buffet concept lends itself well to specialty cuisine, including pizza Indian, Chinese home cooking and breakfast food. Although this is not a prerequisite, then we have pubs. Pubs have a long tradition of being the place to go when you need to unwind and enjoy a beer or other alcoholic beverages at the end of a long day. At first there were little more than bars, but in modern times, pubs have expanded their menus to other food items and full meals, as well as beer, liquor and nonalcoholic beverages. Because of the wide range of fare and the festive atmosphere, pub typically provides full table and bar service as well as casual decor games, for example, dart pool, etc. televisions for sport and possibly even a dancefloor. So if you are in the mood for a bit of a dance and a wiggly bottom, you can go to a pub if you don't want to go to a disco. Then we have cafeteria. If you attended grade high school or high school in the United States, you're probably familiar with cafeteria style dining.By definition, a cafeteria serves ready cooked food items arranged behind a counter. Patrons line up, take a tray and file in front of various food choices, picking out what they would like to eat along the way. Some cafeterias offer fresh cooked fare ordered food from an attendant, omelets, waffle, cut from the bone roast beef, etc. ready made pre plated portions self-serve, self-serve portions, for example, salad soup, etc. Cafeterias are similar to buffets, but cafeterias typically have servers behind the counter ready to dish out the food you choose. Some large corporation factories and hospitals have in-house cafeterias to feed employees and patrons alike. Then we have coffeehouse with the spread of Starbucks around the world, most people are familiar with the concept of the coffeehouse as a type of restaurant. The coffeehouse offers some unique features that you won't find anywhere else. For example, casual atmosphere, no table service, limited selection of cold food such as pastries, donuts and sandwiches, allowing guests to relax and socialize without the pressure to leave eating.Coffee shops are similar to cafes, but the focus is on the cool. But the focus at the coffeehouse and the item that most people show up for is the hot beverage, tea or coffee. Coffeehouses offer a wide variety of coffees, drinks, as well as as hot as hot tea and other drinks. The food in the coffee house often takes second place as a draw for customers. Diners, diners. At one time, you could find a diner, aka a greasy spoon in every town in America, this type of restaurant is characterized by fried food, especially chicken and fish, burgers and breakfast items served at low cost. Many diners were open 24 hours and featured booths and table services as well as long bar with stools at which patrons could sit and and receive their food straight from the kitchen. Then we have pop up restaurants. The pop up eatery is a novel type of restaurant that allows owners and chefs to experiment with different ideas and different styles of food without changing their established location. The pop up restaurant is also a fun and unique way to test the waters to see if a specific concept or cuisine would be would be successful in a certain area.Pop up restaurant range in format from a beer garden that is only open from May through August to a fine dining restaurant in a unique location. For example, a warehouse, rooftop or even old building to contemporary to a contemporary casual restaurant that moves from location to location every few nights. Lastly, we have Bistro. The Bistro concept got its start in France as a place to serve hearty meals at a moderate priced in a non so formal setting. When restaurants began opening bistros in the United States, the format evolved to include some more refined décor, fewer tables, finer foods and higher prices. So there you have it. Lots of different types of restaurants. I hope it sparked some appetite into you.But before you go out to eat, please subscribe to my channel or follow me on Spotify for now. That's it. 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