set menu

Fixed dining option

A set menu is a fixed selection of courses offered at a restaurant for a single price, as opposed to ordering individual dishes à la carte.

The restaurant chooses the dishes, though options may exist within each course: The set menu includes a choice of two starters and three mains.

Set menus simplify ordering and often cost less than equivalent à la carte selections.

Opposites
ordering flexibility

set menuà la carte

Separately priced dishes

a la carte · buffet · all-you-can-eat

menu variability

set menuseasonal menu

Periodically updated dish selection

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