EXAMPLES FOR TYPES OF SERVICE

AMERICAN SERVICE
A method of serving for restaurant, in which portions of food are placed on plates in kitchen (except for bread and butter and salads which are served on the table) by the employees and served to each guest by a waiter or waitress.

RUSSIAN SERVICE
Formal and elegant service very similar to (but faster and less expensive than) French service except that the food is completed (prepared and garnished) in the kitchen and only one waiter (server) is used.

BUFFET SERVICE
Per-head priced self-service meal featuring a fixed number of hot and dishes (offering several choices in each course) set on a table.

FRENCH SERVICE
Method of serving private dining or restaurant food in which partially cooked food is brought from the kitchen on a cart which is used also for the final cooking. Food is completed in front of the guest and served by a waiter or waitress who offers a dish to each guest who helps himself or herself.

ENGLISH SERVICE
Method of serving private dining room or restaurant food in which a waiter or waitress serves each guest from a large dish, starting with the host or hostess (or a guest of honor, if any) at the head of the table. In a more formal version (requiring a high degree of skill and showmanship), the host or hostess carves the meat and dishes out vegetables on each plates which the waiter or waitress serves first to the guest of honor (if any) and then to other guest.

ROOM SERVICE
Food and beverages served to a guest in his or her hotel room.