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Different Concepts of Restaurants

December 17, 2020 | Arfat Wani

A restaurant is a commercial facility that provides food and beverages to customers for profit. Basically, it is equipped with dining tables and chairs with the crockery, cutlery and linen suited to the objectives and standards of the establishment. Therefore, a luxury restaurant will have fine china and glassware with linen tablecloths and napkins, while economy restaurants may have table mats, steel plates and glassware with paper napkins. Independent restaurants have captive kitchens that prepare food while restaurants in hotels have central kitchens that serve several restaurants of the hotel. Specialty restaurants in hotels have captive satellite kitchens because of the unique nature of the cuisine ,special equipment required, and special storage and preparation conditions.

Coffee Shop the coffee shop is a concept borrowed from the United States .Coffee shops have replaced the erstwhile dining rooms of old hotels and therefore, is an all-purpose restaurant. In a coffee shop, for example, the linen, food and music can change with breakfast, lunch and dinner ,according to the mood of the day .A coffee shop can have ,for example, paper mats and paper napkins for breakfast and snack services giving an informal ambience. Coffee shop can change the mood at lunch and dinner by providing table linen and cloth napkins to make the restaurant formal. Similarly piped music here can vary from pop music during informal hours to sedate lounge music during formal hours.
Specialty Restaurant A specialty restaurant is one where the entire atmosphere and decor is geared to a particular theme, normally related to a regional cuisine like Chinese ,Indian, Polynesian, Japanese, French.
Grill Room or Rotisserie this is a restaurant that specializes itself in grills and roasts of different meats, fish and poultry. A glass partition that separates the kitchen from the seating area so that guests can see the grill preparation of their choice.
Grill rooms can be sophisticated casual too with finer crockery and linen.
The crockery may be coarse with hardy cutlery, paper or checked cloth napkins.
Dining Room are found in smaller hotels, motels, resorts, Inns, clubs or heritage hotels. Smaller hotel like those at resorts may find it uneconomical to have more than one eating place.
The dining room is usually meant for the residents of the hotel or members of a club who may bring their guests.
Dining room can change their atmosphere from the casual for the morning breakfast to formal for lunch and dinner.
Discotheque is a restaurant which is principally meant for dancing to recorded music . The music is driven by a qualified and experienced disc jockey (DJ) who creates or responds to the moods of the guests.
Special lighting to give psychedelic effects. A dance floor. Entry charge to ensure that the right crowds enter. Others may permit only couples to ensure the right balance of men and women & some discotheques are strictly on membership basis.
Night Club is principally open at night for dinner, dance and live entertainment. The decor is lavish. Service is elaborate with fine linen and silver crockery. Guests have to wear formal wear only and some go to extent of insisting on black tie. Live performance or carabater which may range from famous singers and dancers, vaudeville shows. A variant to entertainment is the supper theater where guests see a play before or after dinner. A full stocked bar with bartenders who are entertainer themselves using showmanship to dispense drink. Some discotheques with a live band are also called night clubs nowadays.
The bars dispense wines, Liquor, sprits, Juices, aerated water, cigars and cigarettes. Restaurant food service professionals will coordinate with the bar for guest beverage orders. Bar manager translates hotel policies, procedures and standards into the bar operation. Bar waitresses also known as barmaids or cocktail waitresses, they serve beverage orders at tables. Waitresses bring in a lot of showmanship and charm to bar operations.
Pubs are bars so typical of England. While all types of alcohol are served in a pub the main feature are different kinds of beer served from taps. The taps are feed from beer kegs maintained at chilled temperature.


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Different Concepts of Restaurants

December 17, 2020 | Arfat Wani

A restaurant is a commercial facility that provides food and beverages to customers for profit. Basically, it is equipped with dining tables and chairs with the crockery, cutlery and linen suited to the objectives and standards of the establishment. Therefore, a luxury restaurant will have fine china and glassware with linen tablecloths and napkins, while economy restaurants may have table mats, steel plates and glassware with paper napkins. Independent restaurants have captive kitchens that prepare food while restaurants in hotels have central kitchens that serve several restaurants of the hotel. Specialty restaurants in hotels have captive satellite kitchens because of the unique nature of the cuisine ,special equipment required, and special storage and preparation conditions.

Coffee Shop the coffee shop is a concept borrowed from the United States .Coffee shops have replaced the erstwhile dining rooms of old hotels and therefore, is an all-purpose restaurant. In a coffee shop, for example, the linen, food and music can change with breakfast, lunch and dinner ,according to the mood of the day .A coffee shop can have ,for example, paper mats and paper napkins for breakfast and snack services giving an informal ambience. Coffee shop can change the mood at lunch and dinner by providing table linen and cloth napkins to make the restaurant formal. Similarly piped music here can vary from pop music during informal hours to sedate lounge music during formal hours.
Specialty Restaurant A specialty restaurant is one where the entire atmosphere and decor is geared to a particular theme, normally related to a regional cuisine like Chinese ,Indian, Polynesian, Japanese, French.
Grill Room or Rotisserie this is a restaurant that specializes itself in grills and roasts of different meats, fish and poultry. A glass partition that separates the kitchen from the seating area so that guests can see the grill preparation of their choice.
Grill rooms can be sophisticated casual too with finer crockery and linen.
The crockery may be coarse with hardy cutlery, paper or checked cloth napkins.
Dining Room are found in smaller hotels, motels, resorts, Inns, clubs or heritage hotels. Smaller hotel like those at resorts may find it uneconomical to have more than one eating place.
The dining room is usually meant for the residents of the hotel or members of a club who may bring their guests.
Dining room can change their atmosphere from the casual for the morning breakfast to formal for lunch and dinner.
Discotheque is a restaurant which is principally meant for dancing to recorded music . The music is driven by a qualified and experienced disc jockey (DJ) who creates or responds to the moods of the guests.
Special lighting to give psychedelic effects. A dance floor. Entry charge to ensure that the right crowds enter. Others may permit only couples to ensure the right balance of men and women & some discotheques are strictly on membership basis.
Night Club is principally open at night for dinner, dance and live entertainment. The decor is lavish. Service is elaborate with fine linen and silver crockery. Guests have to wear formal wear only and some go to extent of insisting on black tie. Live performance or carabater which may range from famous singers and dancers, vaudeville shows. A variant to entertainment is the supper theater where guests see a play before or after dinner. A full stocked bar with bartenders who are entertainer themselves using showmanship to dispense drink. Some discotheques with a live band are also called night clubs nowadays.
The bars dispense wines, Liquor, sprits, Juices, aerated water, cigars and cigarettes. Restaurant food service professionals will coordinate with the bar for guest beverage orders. Bar manager translates hotel policies, procedures and standards into the bar operation. Bar waitresses also known as barmaids or cocktail waitresses, they serve beverage orders at tables. Waitresses bring in a lot of showmanship and charm to bar operations.
Pubs are bars so typical of England. While all types of alcohol are served in a pub the main feature are different kinds of beer served from taps. The taps are feed from beer kegs maintained at chilled temperature.


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