Restaurant vs. Cafeteria

Restaurantnoun

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

Restaurantnoun

An eating house.

Restaurantnoun

a building where people go to eat

Restaurantnoun

a place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.

Restaurant

A restaurant,(French: [ʁɛstoʁɑ̃] (listen)) or more informally an eatery, is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services.

Cafeterianoun

A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat

Cafeterianoun

A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere

Cafeterianoun

A restaurant or café at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, typically paying a cashier at the end of the counter and taking the food to tables to eat.

Cafeterianoun

a room within a building functioning in the same manner as a cafeteria{1}. In certain organizations, as schools, the food may be provided gratis.

Cafeterianoun

a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

Cafeterianoun

a restaurant in which customers serve themselves from a counter and pay before eating.

Cafeterianoun

denoting a system in which people may choose from a number of available options, especially one in which an employee may select a personal package of company benefits

Cafeteria

A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside the U.S., is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or lunchroom (in American English). Cafeterias are different from coffeehouses, although the English term came from Latin American Spanish, where it had and still has the meaning .