i have dinner in the restaurant vs i have dinner at the restaurant

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'I have dinner at the restaurant' is the more common and natural way to express this idea. 'I have dinner in the restaurant' could also be correct depending on the specific situation, but it is less commonly used.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 8130 views

i have dinner in the restaurant

This phrase is correct but less commonly used than the alternative.

This phrase can be used when emphasizing the physical location inside the restaurant where dinner is being had.

Examples:

I have dinner in the restaurant's private dining room.
We have dinner in the restaurant every Friday night.

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I don't think you should have dinner in the restaurant car.
We had dinner in the restaurant with her fiancé.
My friend invited me to dinner at the restaurant.
Ordering dinner in a restaurant, laughing with my friends...
Robots don't eat dinners in fancy restaurants.
James has arranged for us to have dinner at his new restaurant tonight.
I can't have dinner at that Moroccan restaurant this Saturday.
I could bring you and Neil dinner back from the restaurant.
There's a dinner show in the restaurant across the hotel.
They had dinner, left the restaurant together.
Outing and rich dinner in the famous restaurant "le trou normand".
Because nobody paid for dinner at the restaurant, and I do not have this kind of money.
And then we got dinner at the restaurant we hadn't been to in a long time.
We were having dinner in a restaurant,
While I am having dinner in your restaurant, you're stealing numbers from my corporate account.
I'll take you to the movies, then we'll have dinner on that boat-restaurant.
He's taken me out to such beautiful dinners in fancy restaurants:
Who do you see having a dinner in this restaurant?
I was telling Jose' about a dinner show in the restaurant.
l thought you wanted a nice dinner in a fancy restaurant.

Alternatives:

I have dinner at the restaurant
I eat dinner in the restaurant

i have dinner at the restaurant

This phrase is the more common and natural way to express having dinner at a restaurant.

This phrase is widely used to indicate the act of having dinner in a restaurant without specifying a particular location inside the restaurant.

Examples:

I have dinner at the restaurant down the street.
Let's have dinner at the restaurant near the park.

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My friend invited me to dinner at the restaurant.
I don't think you should have dinner in the restaurant car.
James has arranged for us to have dinner at his new restaurant tonight.
I can't have dinner at that Moroccan restaurant this Saturday.
Because nobody paid for dinner at the restaurant, and I do not have this kind of money.
And then we got dinner at the restaurant we hadn't been to in a long time.
Dinner at any restaurant in town.
He always checked in under the pseudonym Rory Finch and paid cash for the room, but... charged drinks at the bar and dinner at the restaurant.
We had dinner in the restaurant with her fiancé.
And took her out to dinner at her favorite restaurant.
We have a standing Thursday night dinner at our favorite restaurant.
They had dinner at a nearby restaurant and were taking an evening stroll.
Family dinner at Fiona's restaurant.
We're having dinner at a Chinese restaurant tonight.
Feed you like nice dinner at a fancy restaurant.
Cyrus made reservations for dinner At your favorite restaurant, the gramercy tavern.
They went to dinner at the cove restaurant here.
You buy me dinner at my restaurant of choice if I'm right.
You buy me dinner at my restaurant of choice if I'm right.
She's meeting her sister tonight for dinner at a restaurant.

Alternatives:

I eat dinner at the restaurant
I dine at the restaurant

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i have dinner in the restaurant vs i have dinner at the restaurant