Synonyms of restaurant

restaurant

noun

ˈre-stə-ˌränt 

as in diner

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

when we get sick of cooking dinner at home, we like to go out to eat at a nice restaurant

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of restaurant

Casa Mono is the perfect restaurant for a date night or special occasion. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026

Today’s recipe The Chinese flavor in this Chinois chicken salad created for Wolfgang Puck’s Chinois on Main restaurant comes from the dressing ingredients — Chinese mustard, soy sauce, toasted sesame oil and rice vinegar. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Chicken Salad Chick was founded in 2008 by Stacy and Kevin Brown in Auburn, Alabama, and is the country’s only fast-casual restaurant dedicated exclusively to fresh chicken salad, according to its website. — Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026

As the expansion restaurant would seem to prove, Tim’s hits lots of Idahoans square in the taste-bud bull’s-eye. — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Sep. 2026