if food in a restaurant is à la carte, or if you eat à la carte, you choose from a list of dishes that have separate prices, rather than having a complete meal at a fixed price 按菜单点菜（与套餐相对） There is an excellent à la carte restaurant for hotel residents. 有一家很棒的点菜餐厅，适合酒店住客。 It was more expensive to eat à la carte. 吃点菜要贵得多。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryà la carte is used with these nouns:- menu
- restaurant