cafeteria-style
Adjective
Meaning
cafeteria-style (not comparable)
(business) According to a cafeteria plan.
Examples
Few people stayed to eat in the cafeteria-style cluster seating surrounded by lilac walls, which were decorated in View Readers’ Choice award placards.
The cafeteria-style restaurant will fittingly feature California cuisine: house-made salads, fresh sandwiches, and wood-fired pizzas from the custom-built pizza oven.
The cafeteria-style service and plain, honest cooking has struggled to survive in a world of foodies who are always looking for the next best exotic cuisine or trendiest chef.
Meanwhile all of us married folks were seated at tables and served while the children filed through tables cafeteria-style under the large tent.
The shelters must now provide 40 square feet (3.7 square meters) of space for each person, and can’t offer cafeteria-style dining.
Citizen Cupcake is cafeteria-style so you have to queue and then make your order.