Types of Menu

In restaurants, a menu is a
list of food and beverage
offered to customers and
the prices.
2 Types of Menu
 2 Types of Menu
1. à la carte - is the practice of ordering
individual dishes from a menu in
a restaurant.
- It gives the full list of all the dishes
that may be prepared by the
establishment.
- Each dish is priced individually. A
certain waiting time (preparation
time) has to be allowed for each dish.
- It is cooked to order
2. Table d'hôte ("table of the host") menu is a
menu where multi-course meals with only a few
choices are charged at a fixed total price. Such a
menu may be called prix fixe ("fixed price"). The
terms set meal and set menu are also used.
-This types of Food and Beverage Service Menu
has fixed number of courses.
- There is a choice within each course.
- The selling price of the menu is fixed.
- The dishes provided will be ready at a set time.
-The guest is charged for the full menu whether
he consumes all the items on the menu or not.