Parlor vs. Restaurant — What's the Difference?

A room in a private home set apart for the entertainment of visitors.

A restaurant,(French: [ʁɛstoʁɑ̃] (listen)) or more informally an eatery, is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services.

A small lounge or sitting room affording limited privacy, as at an inn or tavern.

A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.

A business establishment with one or more rooms equipped and furnished for a special function

A business establishment where meals are served to the public.

The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room

An eating establishment in which diners are served food, usually by waiters at their tables but sometimes (as in a fast food restaurant) at a counter.

(archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.

An eating house.

(archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.

A building where people go to eat

A covered open-air patio.

A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.

A shed used for milking cattle.

(Philippines) beauty parlor

A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.

A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax