Types of restaurants

These provide table service to guests and employ a server staff to take orders and deliver food.

• Fast food restaurants

• Quick-service restaurants (QSR)

•  Full-service restaurants (FSRs)

•These provide counter service or drive-thru service only.

• Quick-service restaurants (QSR)

• Buffet Restaurants

• Cafe or Coffee Shop

These combine the quick service of a fast food joint with an elevated menu of healthier, less processed food options.

• Fast casual restaurants

• Fast food restaurants

• Cafe or Coffee Shop

These combine the quick service of a fast food joint with an elevated menu of healthier, less processed food options.

• Fast casual restaurants

• Food Trucks

• Cafe or Coffee Shop

This type of restaurant offers full-service dining, where guests are seated and waited on by the server staff. But unlike more formal dining rooms, these restaurants provide roomy, comfortable seating and a laid-back atmosphere.

• Fast casual restaurants

• Fast food restaurants

• Casual Restaurants

These are compact kitchens on wheels. They offer a select menu that usually focuses on one type of cuisine, but they do it well. Guests order and pay at the window, then pick up their meal when it's ready.

• Specialty Drink Shops

• Fine Dining Restaurant

• Food Trucks

The menu will feature items that you wouldn't eat every day, like caviar, steak tartare, or foie gras. •Even guests are expected to follow a dress code when dining out at an upscale establishment. 

• Specialty Drink Shops

• Fine Dining Restaurant

• Casual Restaurants

These feature a drink-heavy menu that focuses on coffee and tea, but they may also have a bakery case and offer small, easy-to-prepare breakfast and lunch items.

• Cafe or Coffee Shop

• Fine Dining Restaurant

• Buffet Restaurants

These types of restaurants usually occupy a small storefront with little to no seating. Those which sell bubble tea, smoothies, or fresh juices are becoming more popular and widespread.

• Cafe or Coffee Shop

• Full-service restaurants (FSRs)

• Specialty Drink Shops

•Instead of a menu, these are distinguished by self-serve food stations where guests can fill their plates as many times as they like for a flat price.

• Cafe or Coffee Shop

• Full-service restaurants (FSRs)

• Buffet Restaurants