رستوران

What it means

رستوران (resturân) means “restaurant.” French loanword from “restaurant,” used in Persian for any sit-down eatery.

How to use it

• به رستوران می‌رویم (be resturân miravim) “We are going to a restaurant”
• این رستوران ایرانی است (in resturân irâni ast) “This is an Iranian restaurant”
• منوی رستوران (menu-ye resturân) “the restaurant menu”

Common pairings

• رستوران سنتی (resturân-e sonnati) “traditional restaurant”
• رستوران ایرانی (resturân-e irâni) “Iranian restaurant”
• رستوران فست‌فود (resturân-e fast-food) “fast-food restaurant”
• گارسون رستوران (gârson-e resturân) “restaurant waiter”

Pure Persian alternative

The Pure Persian alternative چلوکباب‌سرا (chelo-kabâb-sarâ) names traditional Persian rice-and-kebab houses specifically. غذاخوری (ghazâ-khori) “eating place” is sometimes used for general restaurants. رستوران dominates universally.

References

• Dehkhoda
• Vajehyab