Restaurants by type

thumb|right|The Café de Flore on the [[Rive Gauche in Paris is one of the oldest coffeehouses in the city. Its famous clientele included writers and philosophers.]]

establishment serving alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises

thumb|The exterior of a Bakery in Brussels. thumb|A bakery sales counter in Paris.

A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music. Nightclubs tend to be smaller than live music venues like theatres and stadiums, with few or no seats for customers.

thumb|A thatching|thatched country pub, the Williams Arms, near [[Braunton, Devon, England]] thumb|The interior of a typical British pub thumb|upright|The Ale-House Door (painting of c. 1790 by Henry Singleton (painter)|Henry Singleton)

rooms in private houses or public establishments in which dinner and other principal meals are taken and which are furnished for this purpose

thumb|A corporate office's cafeteria in Bengaluru, India, December 2003. A cafeteria, called canteen outside North America, is a type of food service location in which there is no waiting staff table service. Cafeterias are different from coffeehouses, although the English term came from the Spanish term cafetería, which carries the same meaning.

thumb|Tea served in a tea room at the Shantytown Heritage Park in New Zealand thumb|Tea house in Moscow, 2017

300px|thumb|right|The refectory of the Convent of Christ (Tomar)|Convent of Christ in [[Tomar, Portugal]]

thumb|upright=1.3|Tavern Scene by Flemish artist David Teniers the Younger|David Teniers, thumb|A Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch tavern scene by [[Jan Steen, late 17th century]] thumb|Raleigh Tavern, [[Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia]] thumb|Buckman Tavern, where the first shots of the [[American Revolution were fired, Lexington, Massachusetts]] thumb|Parker Tavern, Reading, Massachusetts showing traditional New England [[saltbox architecture]]

thumb|250px|At the Bistro, Jean Béraud A bistro or bistrot (), in its original Parisian form, is a small restaurant serving moderately priced, simple meals in a modest setting.

type of restaurant

place where food is available at no cost as a charity

railway carriage containing a restaurant

truck used for carrying and selling food

A take-out (US, Canada, Philippines) or takeaway (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) is a prepared meal or other food items purchased at a restaurant or fast food outlet with the intent to eat elsewhere. A concept found in many ancient cultures, take-out food is common worldwide, with a number of different cuisines and dishes on offer.

thumb|upright=1.2|An in Gotanda, Tokyo. The signboard on the right shows a menu with regular dishes (left) and seasonal entrees – (right).

thumb|Diner on U.S. Route 7|US Route 7, [[Canaan, Connecticut, 1976]] thumb|Ruby's Diner in [[Colorado Springs, 2008]]

thumb|upright=1.1|A characteristic trattoria in Tolmezzo, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

indoor plaza or common area within a facility that provides a common area for self-serve dinner

right|thumb|upright=0.7|alt=Array of meats, cheeses and bottles|An array of meats and cheeses at an Italian delicatessen in Rome

thumb|Drive-in theater in Neu-Isenburg, Germany thumb|upright|Drive-in Ferris wheel thumb|McDonald's Curbside Pickup - Mobile - order and pay thumb|thumbtime=77|Scenes in and around a drive-in restaurant in Long Beach, California, 1952 (video)

inexpensive food counter

thumb|right|Drive-through of a coffeehouse-chain in Red Bluff, California|Red Bluff, California right|thumb|Some fast food chains, such as this Rally's located near [[New Orleans, Louisiana, have two drive-throughs.]] right|thumb|Drive-through Post box|mailboxes in Los Altos, [[California, United States]]

thumb|Traditional interior view of a kafana Kafana is a type of local coffeehouse, bistro or tavern, common in the countries of Southeast Europe, which originally served coffee and other warm drinks while today usually also offer alcoholic beverages and food. Many kafanas feature live music performances or themed nights.

thumb|Beim Heurigen in Grinzing, painting by [[Rudolf Alfred Höger (1900)]] In eastern Austria, a Heuriger (; Austrian pronunciation: Heiriga, Hungarian: Kurta kocsma) is a tavern where local winemakers serve their new wine under a special licence in alternating months during the growing season. Each state in Austria has slightly varying rules on how many Heuriger of a town can be open at any given time and for how long in total during the year. The Heurige are renowned for their atmosphere of Gemütlichkeit shared among a throng enjoying young wine, simple food, and – in some places &nda

thumb|right|Thermopolium in Herculaneum

commercial vehicle that serves as a mobile retail outlet for ice cream

shop that sells ice cream

kind of restaurants in Poland

thumb|The interior of Le Vagenende on Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris thumb|A riverside brasserie in Leeds, England thumb|The terrace of a brasserie on Groenplaats, Antwerp, Belgium alt=A street view of Brasserie Léopold in Aix-en-Provence with red signage, awning, and historical photographs displayed on the storefront.|thumb|Brasserie Léopold in Aix-en-Provence In France, Belgium, and parts of the Francophone world, a brasserie () is a type of French restaurant with a relaxed setting that serves dishes and other meals.

service in which a pizzeria or pizza chain delivers a pizza to a customer

restaurant built on a revolving platform, usually on a tower or high-rise

thumb|upright=1.3|The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas

thumb|right|300px|A taverna on the Greek island of Naxos Island|Naxos

thumb|A typical open-air kopitiam in Singapore

open-air complex housing many stalls that sell a variety of inexpensive food

vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States

thumb|Musketeers sitting outside a cantina, painted by [[Joaquín Agrasot, 1885–1890|300x300px]] A cantina is a type of bar common in Latin America and Spain. The word is similar in etymology to "canteen", and is derived from the Italian word for a cellar, winery, or vault. In Italy, the word cantina refers to a room below the ground level where wine and other products such as salami are stored.

thumb|300px|The first café-chantant was established in 1789 on the Champs-Élysées (ink drawing from the collection of [[Hippolyte Destailleur)]] thumb|Corner of a Café-Concert, the right half of a painting of the Brasserie de Reichshoffen, Boulevard Marguerite-de-Rochechouart, Paris, by [[Édouard Manet circa 1879]] thumb|Le Café Concert by Henri-Gabriel Ibels, illustrated book cover by Ibels and [[Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893 — the customer is Francisque Sarcey]] '''''' (; French: lit. 'singing café'), ', or ' is a type of musical establishment associated with the Belle Époque in France. The music w

delivery-only restaurant operation

A breastaurant is a restaurant that requires female waiting staff to be dressed skimpily. The term dates from the early 1990s after restaurant chain Hooters opened in the United States. The format has since been adopted by other restaurants, including Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery, Twin Peaks, Ojos Locos, Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill, The WingHouse Bar & Grill, Redneck Heaven, and Bombshells Bar & Grill.

type of restaurant in which a fixed price is charged for entry, after which diners may consume as much food as they wish

mobile kitchen that is set up on the street to prepare and sell street food

usually covered bridge, with a restaurant inside

type of restaurant

thumbnail|A kissaten in Jinbōchō, Tokyo, Japan

theme restaurants and pubs that originated in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan, around the late 1990s and early 2000s

thumb|The first automat at 13 Leipziger Straße in Berlin, Germany thumb|upright|A food ticket machine in Japan in 2022

thumb|A dhaba on National Highway 76 (India)|National Highway 76 near [[Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.]] thumb|A dhaba at Rekong Peo, Himachal Pradesh, India thumb|Food at a dhaba in Punjab, India.

An osteria () in Italy was originally a place serving wine and simple food. Lately, the emphasis has shifted to the food, but menus tend to be short, with the emphasis on local specialities such as pasta and grilled meat or fish, often served at shared tables. Osterie tend to be cheap, and they also focus on after work and evening refreshment. Osterie vary greatly in practice: some only serve drinks and clients are allowed to bring in their own food, others have retained a predominantly male clientele, while still others have reached out to students and young professionals. Some provide music

Food stall

thumb|Lomo saltado originated as a chifa dish and became part of mainstream cuisine. Chifa is a Chinese Peruvian culinary tradition based on Cantonese elements fused with traditional Peruvian ingredients and traditions. The term is also used to refer to restaurants that serve the chifa cuisine.

suburban local general store or café

temporary restaurant

thumb|Churrasco barbecue cooking on a churrasqueira grill

thumb|A chiringuito in Formentera. In Spain, a chiringuito () is a small beach bar, selling mainly drinks and snacks, and sometimes meals or tapas, in a more or less provisional building, since a more permanent structure on the beach may not be viable.

type of restaurant

A restaurant that uses robots to perform certain tasks instead of humans

booth or stand that sells food