| booking (v) | reservation for a restaurant, hotel, hire car "I made a booking for dinner." |
| booking out (adj) | booked up, no vacancy |
| brassiere (n) | bar, inexpensive restaurant and bar |
| BYO (adj) | restaurant where you can bring your own alcohol |
| canteen (n) | school cafeteria |
| chips (n) | French fries |
| cuppa (n) | cup of tea or coffee "Hey mate, ya wanna cuppa?" |
| cut lunch (n) | sandwiches |
| Devonshire tea (n) | a small meal of scones, whipped cream, and tea Served in better tea rooms. |
| entree (n) | on a menu, appetiser, salad, soup course |
| fizzy drinks (n) | sodas |
| flake (n) | fillet of shark (in fish & chips) |
| function (n) | banquet |
| function centre (n) | banquet hall |
| hash key (n) | The pound sign on a telephone. "Dial the number then press the hash key." |
| licensed restaurant (n) | restaurant that can serve liquor |
| lift (n) | elevator "Take the lift to the top floor." |
| lot, the (adj) | everything "I'll have a hamburger with the lot." |
| Macca's (n) (pronounced Macker's) |
McDonald's |
| main, mains (n) (adj) | main course in a restaurant |
| milk bar (n) | corner shop that sells take-away food |
| milk shake (n) | flavored milk, usually not thick like in the U.S. |
| omelette (n) (Chinese restaurant) |
egg foo yung |
| reception (n) | registration desk in a hotel, front counter in a restaurant "I'll pay the bill at reception." |
| ressies (n) | reservations, a booking |
| roll (n) | type of sandwich served on a roll, also a sausage wrapped in dough |
| serviette (n) | napkin |
| short soup (n) | wonton soup (Chinese restaurant) |
| spaghetti bolognaise, spag bol (n) | spaghetti in meat sauce |
| spider (n) | soda with ice cream on top, like a float originally brandy and lemonade |
| take away (n) (v) | take-out (food) |
| the lot (n) (as on a hamburger) |
everything on it Usually lettuce, tomato, shredded carrots, a slice of beet, a slab of bacon, and a fried egg; for some reason, cheese isn't included. |
| tuck shop (n) | school cafeteria |
| tucker (n) | food |