dinner service
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And, since the pace of dinner service can depend on the restaurant’s staffing that evening, slower service forces guests to rush and finish their food, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
These are opulent occasions, with diplomacy fuelled by fine dining, using a 19th Century dinner service with more than 4,000 pieces.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
It’s empty inside E3 Chophouse a few hours before dinner service on a recent afternoon, but outside the blare of passing police cars keeps interrupting Jason Aldean as he sits on the restaurant’s rooftop patio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
So what does he do after they have the first-class dinner service seated side by side?
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2023
It wasn’t just a cutlery switch; the whole dinner service was altered in a single swoop.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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