Dining Room Common Terms & Phrases
Across
- 2. staff are assigned tasks throughout service and/or after service.
- 4. The Kitchen area devoted to FOH needs.
- 7. To make a dish out of order sequence which is top priority.
- 8. table set up for Servers & Runners to place their mise en place and store items.
- 9. Refers to a table for 4.
- 10. China, Flatware or Glassware set on the table OR Number of guests at a table.
- 12. where food is picked up by server
- 14. a guest who leaves the restaurant without paying their bill.
- 16. A way of making a dissatisfied customer, a satisfied customer.
- 18. A tray used for the service of beverages.
- 19. “Everything in its place”.
- 20. A table of 2.
- 21. a guest who comes to a restaurant without a reservation.
- 23. also known as cutlery or silverware.
Down
- 1. Item is no longer available or that a customer should be ejected.
- 3. An expression meaning “very busy, you can’t see anything around you”.
- 5. refers to the china, flatware and glassware set on the table for meal or service.
- 6. guests leave table, allowing another party to sit there.
- 7. refers to the dining room reservations confirmed in the book or system.
- 11. A large tray used for food service and clearing.
- 13. A napkin fold used to protect servers from hot plates and absorbs drips.
- 15. A short term for “complimentary”.
- 17. a member of the kitchen who co-ordinates ordering and picking up of food.
- 22. stand that holds an Oval Tray.