Synonyms of eatery

eatery

noun

ˈē-tə-rē 

as in restaurant

a public establishment where meals are served to paying customers for consumption on the premises

we usually go to lunch at an eatery that is just around the corner from the office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restaurant
• diner
• grill
• café
• cafeteria
• beanery
• caff
• tavern
• luncheonette
• lunchroom
• lunch counter
• snack bar
• pizzeria
• coffeehouse
• inn
• tearoom
• chophouse
• teahouse
• coffee shop
• steak house
• barroom
• hash house
• tea shop
• estaminet
• bar
• greasy spoon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eatery

The new restaurant will expand upon the whimsical backstory of Crafty Coyote — the pie-thieving crook from the nearby Knott’s Bear-y Tales dark ride who has hung up his outlaw ways to open the new eatery next door. — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2026

More than 20 live and 100 dead roaches were seen at the eatery. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026

For a limited time, restaurant goers at Red Rooster Overtown will be able to taste a little bit of what Scott calls home with a new burger item on the menu as a part of a partnership between him and the popular eatery. — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

After schlepping his way up to P-town, spying on Nancy smooching a guy from work, and being thrown out of a local eatery known as the Flagship for drunken assholery, Bourdain begins his journey in earnest. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026