shared seating

Seats for everyone

Shared seating is an arrangement where strangers sit together at common tables rather than having private booths or separate tables.

Restaurants, beer halls, and cafeterias use shared seating to maximize capacity and sometimes to foster a communal atmosphere: The ramen shop has shared seating, so we ended up chatting with the couple next to us.

Related

pew · church pew · bleachers · stadium · cafeteria · booth · waiting room · waiting area · strangers · crowded · elbow · elbow room · squeeze · scoot · scoot over · public · public transit · transit

Opposites
exclusivity of seating arrangement

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Enclosed seating area

assigned seats · reserved seating · assigned seating · personal space · box seats

reservation and assignment

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Preallocated audience positions

assigned seating · seat selection

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G