TYPES OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLETS

Food and beverage outlets are the areas in a hotel where food
and beverage are sold to both in-house and outside guests. The
following types of food and beverage can be seen which may or
may not attach to a hotel.

The hospitality offers employment to people of differing personalities, backgrounds

and skills through a wide diversity of the types of outlets serving food and beverages.

Cafe offer teas, coffees, soft drinks, snacks and often light meals usually from
breakfast to early suppers. They require fast service to ensure a fast turnover of
customers.
Cafeterias are often attached to institutions such as museum or educational
establishments or maybe recreational facilities such as golf. They offer light
refreshments, teas, coffees, and soft drinks, and snacks.

Food halls/Food courts are becoming popular especially in shopping centres.

Food outlets serving a wide variety different types of fast food surround a common
central dining area.
Public houses are food outlet that offer meals range from simple bar snacks to
informal restaurant-style service.

Casual dining restaurants (bistros) offer casual appearance and atmosphere.

There are service staff dealing with customer in professional way.
Ethnic restaurants offer service may be as much a part of the cultural experience
to the customer.
Functions (receptions/banquets/conventions). The number of guests and the
style of function can vary based on the customer.

Fine dining restaurants usually have a suitably comfortable impressive ambience

for the fine cuisine on offer.
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FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLETS

Food and beverage outlets are the areas in a hotel where food and
beverage are sold to both in-house and outside guests. The
following types of food and beverage can be seen which may or
may not attach to a hotel.
Specialty restaurant
These restaurants deal in a particular type of cuisine like Chinese,
Italian or French etc. Each and every aspect of the restaurant is
typical and related to the area of region of community whose food
is being served. The food, service, uniform, décor etc. are ethnic
and authentic of the area whose cuisine the restaurant specializes
upon. When one enters into such kind of restaurant one can feel
the culture and tradition of that area. These restaurants may be
attached to a hotel or may independently exist. They have specific
hours of function and normally more expensive than ordinary
restaurants.

Multi cuisine restaurant

These restaurants deal with more than one cuisine like Indian,
Chinese and Continental etc. They are not as exclusive as the
specialty restaurants. There is no emphasis on adherence to the
culture and tradition of a particular area of region or community.
They may be attached to a hotel or may independently exist. They
generally have specific time of operation when attached to a hotel.
They may be operating on a straight shift from morning till night
when independently existing. They are not as highly priced as a
speciality restaurant.
Bar
These food and beverage outlets deal with the alcoholic beverages
only. They may be attached to a hotel or independently existing.
They have certain specific hours of operation and the law strictly
governs the operation. Their hours of operation, inventory,
location and client to whom they should serve etc are governed
and regulated by the law-enforcing agency.

Room Service
This food and beverage outlet is attached to a hotel and caters to
the F and B requirements of the guests who are staying in the
hotel only. These F and B outlets cannot independently exist. The
service in room service is always in trays and trolleys. In a five
star hotel the room service operates round the clock. The prices in
the room service are generally more than the coffee shop.

Banquets
This is generally attached to a hotel of restaurant. This outlet
generally caters to a huge gathering of people who assemble in the
banquet hall for events like reception, marriage party, birthday,
conference, seminar etc. The service is generally from a buffet
when a lot of guests have to be served within a short span of time.
Sometimes formal lunch, dinner etc also takes place in banquet
halls. This is the highest revenue producing F and B outlet in any
commercial hotel. Sometimes banquet halls can independently
exist where an outside contractor does the catering part.

Coffee Shop
This is generally attached to a hotel. In a five star hotel the coffee
shop operates round the clock. It cannot independently exist. The
service is very informal and emphasis is on pace of service.
Service is generally snacks and very light meals.
The meals part is not as elaborate as the restaurant. Prices are not
as exorbitant as the restaurants. Although the coffee shop is
operational round the clock there are meal timings when the
certain items are available which are not available at other times.
There are some dishes, which are available all 24 hours.

Pub
A pub generally independently exists, which serves only beer. The
atmosphere in a pub is generally very informal most pubs have a
very informal seating arrangement and generally designed to suit
the likings and requirements of the youth. They also have specific
hours of operation and the law like a bar governs operations.
Books of inventory and accounts are maintained as per the
government regulation and are supposed to produce them before
the concerned authority as and when required.
Discotheque
This may be attached to a hotel or may independently exist. The
ones, which independently exist, are open to anybody who can
pay but most allow only couples. The ones, which are attached to
the hotels, are not only opened to the members but guests
accompanied by members are also allowed. They also have
specific hours of operations and are normally attached with a bar.

Pastry shop
They may be attached to a hotel or may independently exist. They
deal with only pastry or pastry related products. Those, which are
attached to hotels, deal with pastry prepared in the same hotel. The
ones, which are not attached to hotels, have their own bakery
either in the same premises of outside the premises. Service is
done across the counter. Very limited seating arrangements may
be provided if space permits.

Cafeteria
These generally independently exist and are found in railway
stations and airports etc. The service is generally self-service.
Food is displayed in the counter and the guests helps himself in
picking up the food as per his liking as he moves along the
counter and finally pays the bill at the end of the counter.
Sometimes payment of the bill may be through coupon also. Very
informal atmosphere exists in these outlets and prices are not very
high.

Poolside barbeque
These are generally attached to the hotels and operate near the
poolside. They generally operate for lunch and dinner only. There
are adequate lighting arrangements to take care of the dinnertime.
The menu is not very elaborate and comprises a lot of grilled and
barbequed items. Some light meals are also available. These
outlets are generally attached with their own kitchens, which are
more often than not makeshift. A bar may be attached to the outlet
or alcoholic beverages may be served from the service bar. Once
again the décor is very informal like a coffee shop. Service is very
much similar to the coffee shop as well.

Grill Room
These kinds of hotels are generally attached to the star hotels
although they can be found independently existing also. They
specialize in grills and barbequed items only. The kitchen is
separated from the service area by a glass partition so that guest
can see the chef preparing the food. This give rise to impulse
buying. The guests are normally assured of better hygienic
condition as they can see the actual food preparation.
Permit Room
They are generally found in restaurants and in hotels existing in
the dry states like Gujarat. In a restaurant there is a specific area
where one can serve alcoholic beverages. The restaurant cannot
pour alcoholic beverages an area outside this.
Same set of rules and regulations are applicable to the permit
room as applicable to the bar. Prior license have to be secured
from the appropriate authority before starting a permit room.

Night Club
They are generally attached to hotels and are open to members
only. The operation starts late in the evening and goes on till late
in the night. Stripes, cabarets and floorshows etc. are performed as
a part of the entertainment. These are not seen in recognized star
and commercial hotels. An elaborate menu is offered and the
service is quite formal and extensive. It opens only for members.
Alcohol is served to the members.

Fast Food Outlets

They are generally not attached to a hotel and are found
independently existing. They serve fast foods, which are easy to
prepare to easy to carry and eat. These outlets provide very limited
seating arrangements and people are not encouraged to sit and
pass time in these places. Service is done in disposable plates and
packets. Patrons are supposed to get their food from across the
counter. There may be one person to look after the clearance and
cleanliness of the place. Very limited service is provided.

Coffee Bar: This is a very recent development and becoming very

popular. These outlets deal with only coffee. They specialize in
different types of coffee. Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic coffees
are served here. The alcoholic coffees are commonly called as
speciality coffee.

Cyber Café
These are also very recent developments and fast growing in
popularity. Each outlet provides computers with Internet facility
and the guest can surf the Internet for a specific period of time
paying certain amount of money. The outlet also provides light
refreshments like tea, coffee and snacks to keep the people
engaged when there are two different sessions with the computer.
Vending machine
Such kind of a service involves service from a machine is
requiring a coin or token of a particular denomination and the
product comes out through an outlet in the machine itself. These
machines are not extensively used in India and the use is still
confined to tea, coffee and packed milk etc.

Pizza outlets
These are outlets that mostly stand-alone. These outlets have been
a recent development in India over the past decades. Their food
mainly deals with pizzas. They also offer food & beverage like
pasta, garlic bread, soft drinks, ice-tea etc. In India chains like
Pizzeria, U .S pizza, Pizza hut, Smoking Joe’s etc are very
popular. This trend has given rise to the franchising business,
hence making pizza a youth food trend along with family and
office treat zones. Basically covering all age groups of people.
These outlets also deal with home delivery and take away. They
usually have a moderate or minimum seating arrangement in an
informal manner or tables are attached to walls with high chairs.
Here one can enjoy hot & fresh food. One also has the optional at
most places to plan their own pizza as per the available ingredients
in the menu.
Home delivery/ take away
This has been a recent trend over the past few years. As the name
suggests, these outlets deal with delivery of food till your
doorstep. These are stand-alone restaurants (kitchen only) that
emphasize only on quick preparation of food & its delivery. There
is no seating arrangement available here. The staff may contain
chefs, order taker, cashier and delivery boys. The order taker takes
orders over the phone or of walk in guest, notifies the kitchen and
hands over the food packets to guest or delivery boys. He also
might take the cashiering responsibilities at the counter, which
might be overlooked by the manger. Normally such outlets do not
charge for home delivery. Food is provided in plastic containers,
aluminum foils, plastic bags etc. These outlets must not be
confused with restaurants, which provides services of home
delivery.

Drive-Inns
These are developing outlets, which have not yet made a strong
base in India. In places like U.S, U.K etc they have already make
their mark and are best accepted. Mc Donald has stared this type
of service in few of its outlets. This kind of restaurant may be
attached to a hotel or stand-alone. They are normally situated at
highways or near petrol pumps etc. This kind of outlet has no
seating arrangement only a path around the outlet for vehicles to
enter and exit. It has one or two counters where the attendant takes
your order and payment, at the other counter if any pick up /
delivery of the food is order is done. These outlets are time saving
and economical.

Chai- bars
Just like coffee bar these outlets also deals with only one kind of
beverage i.e. tea. In India, tea in the Hindi language is known as
“chai”. These outlets may mostly have an informal atmosphere
and seating arrangement. The menu here includes variety of tea
based on different regions, method of preparation etc. These
outlets may also provide light snacks on the menu to go along
with the beverage. These outlets may be stand-alone or may be
attached to a restaurant. If attached to a restaurant the same
premises is used for service with a different menu card or tent card
only for tea.

Bakery
These outlets may be attached to a hotel, pastry shop or may be
stand-alone. They may or may not have a seating arrangement.
They may have a kitchen/ place attached to the outlet where
bakery items are prepared. The ready to eat food items are then
put at the counter for display. . The food items mainly deal with
various bread preparations .The guests can then choose his food
and make payment over or at the end of the counter.

Grill and eat

These are restaurants, which give a lot of emphasis on guests and
their interests in food. The main attraction being the fact that guest
has to pick ingredients, raw meat, vegetables etc of their choice
from the counter & cook food himself on grillers / cooking range
provided on the table itself. The grillers or cooking range is a part
of the décor. The chefs are available for assistance at all times.
The guests may not have knowledge of cooking & might harm
themselves hence safety and first aid is also given importance.
These kinds of restaurants may be attached to a hotel or stand-
alone. Here they do have an elaborate seating arrangement. The
restaurant may or may not a theme for itself depending upon the
country, region or cuisine they are dealing with.

QSR: quick service restaurant

Theses are fast food outlets, which give importance not only to the
pace but also to the quality of service delivered. These are
basically stand-alone restaurants that might have a brand name
attached to them; hence quality plays an important role here. The
seating arrangement and ambience is usually informal. The service
staff may or may not collect order from the table as some of these
restaurants have counter service available.
TYPES AND STYLES OF SERVICE
Depending upon different factors like the client, the location, the
volume of operation, peak hours etc. service can be of many
different types to suit the requirements of a particular
establishment. An establishment can have a particular type of
service or a combination of service depending upon the
requirement of the restaurant. The different types of service shich
one can some across are:
Silver service: This type of service involves service from entrée
dishes and platters with the helo of service spoon and fork on to
the guest plate by the steward or the waiter. This is a very formal
type of service which is carried out in very exclusive restaurants.
Such kind of a service require skilled and professional staff. The
service is slower in comparison to plated service. This is also
known as English service.
Plated Service: This kind of service involves service of preplated
food. The food is pre portioned. Placed and garnished on the plate
itself in the kitchen. The steward is supposed to just place the
plate infront of the guest. Such kind of service does not require
much skill and generally carried out in the coffeeshop where
emphasis is on the pace of service and not on the quality of
service. This is also called American service.
French Service: This service involves presentation of food to the
guest individually by the service staff and the guests help
themselves. This is also known as buttler service. Such kind of
service is generally seen in the military establishment.
Russian Service: This kind of service involves the lay up of the
table with the food already presented for the guest to have
themselves. Sometimes wrongly referred to as gueridon service.
Gueridon service: This service involves preparation of food
gueridon or the side table infront of the full view of the guests.
Gueridon service involves operations like filleting, flambeying,
carving, jointing etc. This kind of service generally requires
special skills and generally seen in very high class restaurant. One
of the most common item which is prepared on the gueridon is
salads. In gueridon service the main preparations are done in the
kitchen and the final touch is given on the gueridon inside the
restaurant in the full view of the guests.
Bar counter service: hear the service is done on the semicircular
counter to the guest who are seated on the other side of the
counter. Generally seen in the bars. Now a days seen in some fast
food oulets as well.
Buffet service: this service involve presentation of food on the
buffet counter in chafing dishes and large.platters and the guest
are supposed to help themselves
A stand of buffet the only cutlery kept on the buffet is fork the
guest have to help themselves from a separate counter for water as
well. The guest are supposed to keep their dirty plate at a designet
place and the stewards are supposed to clear them at a time.when a
lot of guests are to be served in a short span of time this service is
carried out.
Room service: this is done from the room service dept. of the
hotel to guests staying in the room of the hotel only. Here the
service is done with the help of trayes and trollies.the trollies are
generally attached with hot cases to keep the food hot. Here the
food is pre plated from kitchen and when it is carried on a tray the
plate is covered with the plate cover.
Cafeteria service :hear the food are displayed in the counters the
guest are supposed to move around the counter to pick up the food
as per they liking and pay at the end pf the counter. In certain
cases the payment is done in way of coupons. Such kind of a
service is generally seen in railway station and air ports.
Free flow: Here the guest can freely move to any service point but
the exit is generally through one particular point where the bill
may be paid. The adwantage is that the guest does not hase to stay
in a queue for his
Automatic vending machine: such kind of a service involves
service from a machine is require a coin or token of a particular
denomination and the product comes out through an outlet in the
machine itself. These machine are not extensively used in India
and the use is still confined to tea,coffee and packed milk etc.
Echelon: conters are at an angle in a free flow area for saving of
space and expedite the service
Food court: there are counter of different cuisine and separate
dining area . food can be picked up from the choosen area and it
can be eaten in the dining area.
Super market: here there are island service counters and a separate
dining area . here food can be picked up from any counter without
having to wait or stand in a queue and can be eaten in the
designated dining area.
Tray and trolley service: (in situ)this refer to service in an area
which is not desined for the proper service of food and beverage
like hospital and office premises. Here the service is done with the
help of tray and trolley.