restaurant
Collocations
22(noun.)
ADJ
large | little, small | elegant, excellent, fine, good, smart, stylish | cheap, expensive | local | crowded | family | candlelit, intimate | la carte | self-service | take-away | licensed | Chinese, French, etc. | fast-food, fish, seafood
VERB + RESTAURANT
go (out) to
We decided to go out to a restaurant for my mom's birthday celebration last weekend.
leave, walk out of
After the waiter was rude, we decided to leave the restaurant early.
manage, run
His father managed a small Italian restaurant in the city center for twenty years.
RESTAURANT + VERB
offer sth, serve sth, specialize in sth
The new Italian restaurant serves homemade pasta dishes made fresh every day.
RESTAURANT + NOUN
manager, owner, staff | chain
PREP
at a/the ~
My family had a wonderful dinner at the restaurant last Saturday evening.
in a/the ~
My family celebrated my sister's birthday in a nice Italian restaurant downtown.