Wiki Page, GOURMET FOODS: Styles of Restaurants

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Today we'll learn about the different styles of restaurants. You'll need this information for your restaurant project.

Fine-Dining: A higher priced meal focusing on multiple courses and high quality ingredients. Fine dining restaurants have an extremely high level of attention to their service. Service staff are much more involved in the meal in fine dining than any other style of restaurant. There are sometimes dress codes in fine dining restaurants and the ambience is more formal in this type of setting.

Full-Service Casual Dining: A lower priced meal focusing more on single-items than multiple courses. Service style and ambience is much more relaxed. Full service means that servers are still coming to your table and taking care of all your needs during the meal.

Quick-Service Fast-Casual: Casual restaurants without table-service. Food is usually ordered at a counter and the customer brings it to their own table when it is ready. These restaurants are almost always cost-effective and serve food extremely efficiently.

Family Style: Restaurants that serve large plates of food to be shared between all the diners at the table.

Fast Food: Basically a fast-casual restaurant with no service staff. They quickly serve food at a low price and provide no other services.

Buffet: A self service restaurant where all the food is put out in large portions on a buffet line. Diners walk up and serve themselves food and drinks as they please.