Restaurant Services and Menus

Restaurant Services and Menus with Classification 

Restaurant: Here foods are served to the customer or guest as per they are ordered and the menu may be elaborate one.

According to the type of the food served restaurants are classified as: - General Restaurant and Specialty Restaurant.

1. General Restaurant: Where any type of food may be served from an AL-a-carte menu and the room decoration do not match with any particular country or cuisine or event.

2. Specialty Restaurant: where foods from a particular cuisine are served and these restaurants have a special theme relating to that cuisine or country or era. E.g. French, Chinese, Thai, Italian, Spanish etc.

According to the type of service restaurant may further be classified into two ways: Waiter Service Restaurants and Self Service Restaurants.

1. Waiter Service Restaurants: Waiter service restaurants are those where food is served by the waiters only. These restaurants are also called traditional restaurants, which may be further divided into - 

a) Popular Priced Restaurants - which served simple menu at moderate price in gentle atmosphere.

b) First Class Restaurants - which has elaborate menu, highly skilled staffs, high stander of food and service, Exclusive and luxurious environment and ambiance.

2. Self Service Restaurants: Here customer helps themselves in getting food instead of being served by waiter. These restaurants are gaining popularity for various reasons and can also be sub-divided into -

a) Canteen - these are essentially self service restaurants offering speeder service at a lower price.

b) Cafeteria - it offers the added opportunity to the customers of seeing the foods are buying. For successful running of cafeteria the important aspect include constant attention and frequent assessment regarding quality of food, requirement of guests, turn-over frequency, guest suggestions, type of food etc.

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