a place where you can buy and eat a meal餐馆；餐厅- We're going to try this Italian restaurant that just opened.我们打算去这家刚开张的意大利餐馆吃吃看。
- They stopped at a fast-food restaurant on the way to the concert.他们在去音乐会的路上停在一家快餐店。
- We had a meal in a restaurant.我们在餐厅吃了顿饭。🔊🔊
- We went to my favourite restaurant to celebrate.我们去了我最喜欢的餐厅庆祝。
- a restaurant chain/owner饭店连锁店/老板
Collocations RestaurantsRestaurants餐馆Eating out去餐馆吃饭- eat (lunch/dinner)/dine/meet at/in a restaurant在一家餐馆吃（午／晚）饭／进餐／碰面
- go (out)/take somebody (out) for lunch/dinner/a meal去／带某人去（外面）吃午饭／吃晚饭／用餐
- have a meal with somebody与某人一起吃饭
- make/have a reservation (in/under the name of Yamada)（以山田的名字）预订座位
- reserve/ (especially British English) book a table for six预订一张坐六人的桌子
- ask for/request a table for two/a table by the window要一张两人桌／靠窗的桌子
In the restaurant在餐馆- wait to be seated等待就座
- show somebody to their table把某人引到桌旁
- sit in the corner/by the window/at the bar/at the counter坐在角落／窗边／吧台边／柜台边
- hand somebody/give somebody the menu/wine list把菜单／酒水单递给某人
- open/read/study/peruse the menu打开／看／仔细看菜单
- the restaurant has a three-course set menu/a children’s menu/an extensive wine list这餐馆有一个三道菜的套餐／儿童菜单／丰富的酒水单
- taste/sample/try the wine品尝葡萄酒
- the waiter takes your order服务生帮你点餐
- order/choose/have the soup of the day/one of the specials/the house (British English) speciality/(especially North American English) specialty点当日例汤／一道特色菜／餐馆特色菜
- serve/finish the first course/the starter/the main course/dessert/coffee端上／吃完第一道菜／开胃菜／主菜／甜点；端上／喝完咖啡
- complain about the food/the service/your meal抱怨食物／服务／饭菜不好
- enjoy your meal享用饭菜
Paying结账- pay/ask for (especially British English) the bill/(North American English) the check付账；要求结账
- pay for/treat somebody to dinner/lunch/the meal付晚饭／午饭／饭钱；请某人吃晚饭／午饭／饭
- service is (not) included不含服务费
- give somebody/leave (somebody) a tip给某人小费
compare cafeExtra Examples- a self-service restaurant自助餐馆
- If you're too tired to cook, let's go to a restaurant.如果你太累了不想做饭，我们就下馆子吧。
- It operates 79 restaurants in 26 states.它在 26 个州开有 79 家饭店。
- Restaurant workers are often badly paid.饭店员工薪水一般都很低。
- She decided to open her own restaurant.她决定开一家自己的餐馆。
- She eats at the hotel restaurant when she travels on business.她出差时在宾馆餐厅就餐。
- She frequented the restaurant on almost a weekly basis.她几乎每周都要去那家餐馆。
- She runs a family fish restaurant on the seafront.她在滨海区开了一个家常鱼饭馆。
- The hotel restaurant serves a buffet breakfast.这家旅馆餐厅提供自助早餐。
- They argued the whole time we were at the restaurant.我们在饭店时他们一直在争论。
- They walked out of the restaurant without paying.他们没付账就离开了饭店。
- We don't do a lot of restaurant dining.我们不常去餐馆吃饭。
- We had a quick meal in a small local restaurant.我们在当地的一家小饭馆匆匆吃了顿饭。
- We would recommend this restaurant to anyone.我们愿向所有人推荐这家餐馆。
- a little restaurant I know in Paris我知道的一个巴黎小餐馆
- a restaurant offering a wide variety of local specialities提供各种当地特色菜的饭馆
- an Asian restaurant specializing in Thai cuisine专做泰国菜的亚洲餐馆
- hygiene standards in the restaurant industry餐饮业的卫生标准
- some of the hottest restaurants in New York纽约的一些最新潮的饭店
- the country's most successful chain restaurants该国最成功的连锁饭店
- the few local shops and restaurants catering to summer visitors当地为数不多的几家接待夏季游客的商店和餐馆
- the increasing cost of restaurant meals在餐馆吃饭越来越高的花费
Topics Cooking and eatinga1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + restaurantrestaurant + verb- offer something
- serve something
- specialize in something
- …
restaurant + nounpreposition- at a/the restaurant
- in a/the restaurant
See full entry Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from restaurer ‘provide food for’ (literally ‘restore to a former state’).