Are you thinking of starting a restaurant business? If the answer is yes, you have to decide the service style. The service style that you decide will determine the decor, food prices, inventory, menu, and layout of the restaurant.

The service style that you select will depend on several factors like the location, target market, and personal preferences. We shall look at the different styles of service in a restaurant so that you understand them well before you get into this type of business.

Fast-Foods

The fast-food restaurants are also referred to as the quick-service restaurants. These are the restaurants that provide foods at the lowest prices, and the service is usually fast. The décor in such types of restaurants should be kept simple.

In many parts of the world, the fast-food joints are typically franchises of a brand. We have different types of the fast-food restaurants. They may have a small area where people dine and the kind of service in most areas is usually self-service. Some of the foods that are sold in the quick-service restaurants include French fries, ice-cream, pizza, chicken, hamburgers, and sub sandwiches.

Fast-Casual

The fast-casual restaurants are typically similar to the quick-service restaurants, but the foods in such type of restaurants are of a higher or healthier quality. Since many clients perceive that foods in the fast-casual restaurants are healthy, the prices of the foods in these restaurants are usually higher than those in the fast-food kiosk.

Customers will order their meals from the counter pay and wait to be served by the waitresses in the serving area. Most of these joints typically specialize in some food like American, Chinese, or Mexican. They usually offer balanced meals like vegetables, baked bread, and roasted chicken.

Fine Dining

The fine dining refers to the type of restaurants that usually has high prices and elaborate menus. The ambiance of such restaurants is usually out of place with the owners presenting an atmosphere of grace and elegance.

Depending on the dining time, the restaurants might require the clients to make reservations to dine in advance. Some of these restaurants have enforced some dress code whereas others have not. The chefs and waitresses in such establishment are usually the best having attended the culinary schools.

Casual Dining

Lastly, we have the casual dining, whereby the restaurants offer the foods that are similar to those that are offered in the fast-casual establishment.

However, for this case, there is a table service which creates the dining atmosphere. The environment in such restaurants is usually ideal for families and other casual engagements. The prices are typically lower than those at the fine dining.

 

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