tasting menu

noun

plural tasting menus

: a selection of dishes, drinks, etc. offered together as a complete meal or tasting experience

All of Nobu's offerings can be ordered a la carte, but I recommend the multicourse tasting menu, which offered many of chef Matsuhisa's signature dishes served family-style.

—Kenneth Shapiro

It will be hard to resist the Middle East Feast, a tasting menu of the restaurant's popular dishes …

—Jessica Colley Clarke

Chef Joke Linzinmeir … has created a "drinking chocolate" tasting menu using chocolates from around the world.

—Andrea Strong

Examples of tasting menu in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Known for its eclectic tasting menu, the Tambourine Room by Tristan Brandt, which opened in 2022, has closed at the Carillon Miami Wellness Resort in Miami Beach. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Glicine is open only for dinners and boasts a Michelin star thanks to the talent of its chef, Giuseppe Stanzione, who reimagines classic Mediterranean dishes with both a la carte and tasting menus. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

In an era of $400 tasting menus, the cost lands as reasonable given the meal’s many junctions of meticulous artistry and down-to-earth deliciousness. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

At Wynn Revelry, Thompson cooked at the Icons Dinner and The Feast, while Mbaye participated in The Feast and, for a select group gathered in a Wynn villa, shared the Senegalese ataya tea ritual that closes the tasting menu at Dakar NOLA. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

probably as translation of French menu dégustation

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tasting menu

• submenu
• venue