Synonyms and antonyms of Restaurants and cafes in American Thesaurus

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

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

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

coffeehouse (noun)

a coffee bar, especially one that existed in the past

coffee shop (noun)

American an informal restaurant that serves drinks and inexpensive meals

coffee shop (noun)

a place, usually in a hotel or department store, where coffee, other drinks, and light meals are served

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

greasy spoon (noun)

informal a small restaurant that serves inexpensive greasy food

grill (noun)

a restaurant that serves mainly simple food, especially grilled food

hole-in-the-wall (noun)

informal a very small store or restaurant

the house (noun)

a restaurant, hotel, bar, or club

ice cream parlor (noun)

American a restaurant that only sells ice cream

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

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