Escuela San Gabriel de Colegio de San Gabriel

Arcangel Foundation, Inc. Arcangel of Caloocan

F&B - GRADE 12
BANQUET AND CATERING SERVICES
Module 3: Types of Restaurants

Lesson 1: Types of Restaurant

Restaurants are categorized into three basic types.

Fine Dining – The accoutrements of a fine dining establishment are table linens, china,
luxurious surroundings, and subdued lighting to encourage lingering. There is a host or
maître d, who is in charge of all servers, bussers, and the sommeliers, or wine
stewards. There is an extensive menu and an equally extensive wine list. Fine dining is
a very slow-paced dining experience, where your guests will be around for several
hours.

The fine dining experience promises the customer a full service restaurant with highly
trained staff in uniform or more formal attire than jeans and a t-shirt. The kitchen staff is
usually formally trained and has a traditional hierarchy in terms of staffing. The menu is
typically extensive and features high quality and often unusual ingredients that require
elaborate preparation. Orders are prepared individually, with great attention to detail.
Presentation is typically very artistic.

Fine dining also offers a full bar with separate bar staff. The sommelier is also
responsible for the wine that the restaurant offers.

Bistro/Trattoria – This is a nice restaurant, often family owned, and covers quite a

range of establishments that range all the way from table-cloth covered, to a more
simple style. A bistro is more typically French, offering contemporary cuisine, with good-
sized portions. Wine is often available, but from a very limited list. Most bistro cuisine
offers fresh local produce.

Trattorias are traditionally Italian and are less formal than the fine dining experience.
The service is casual, the prices are reasonable, and the emphasis is on return
customers, rather than on fancy food.

Family – These restaurants are often referred to as family-style, diners, or theme

restaurants and do not have table linens or china. The food is simple and the staff is
less experienced than in a fine dining or bistro establishment.

Family restaurants, as a theme restaurant, are usually crab houses, BBQ restaurants,
and so forth. Other family restaurants are chain restaurants like Denny's or IHOP.

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Diners are more specifically casual, with an emphasis on traditional food, like
hamburgers and sandwiches

ACTIVITY 1

List down 10 examples of the different type of restaurant.

1. Fine Dining
2. Bistro / Trattoria
3. Family Restaurant

ACTIVITY 2

Answer the following questions comprehensively.

1. What are the different types of restaurant? Explain each.
2. How can we consider a restaurant as a fine dining?
3. Why do we have to know the type of restaurant before dining in?

ACTIVITY 3

Identify the type of the following restaurants. Write your answer before each number.
1. Lemuria Gourmet Restaurant
2. Ninyo Fusion Cuisine
3. Snacks & Ladders
4. Pablo Bistro
5. Terry’s Bistro
6. Max’s
7. Brasserie Sagana
8. Mama Lou’s Italian Kitchen
9. Texas Roadhouse
10. Spices at the Peninsula