Restaurant and bar dreams are more related to unnamed people, more related to strangers, and more related to peers than dreams in general. They are less related to insects and less related to fantastic beings.

Restaurant and bar dreams are more related to embarrassment and more related to fun than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to pain.

Dreams of restaurants and bars are much more related to work, much more related to human-made places, and more related to transportation than dreams in general.

Dreams of restaurants and bars are more related to sex and much more related to eating and drinking than dreams in general. They are less related to death and less related to health events.

Restaurant and bar dreams are more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to bad dreams.

Dreams of restaurants and bars are more related to taste than dreams in general.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience restaurants and bars in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about restaurants and bars in dreams. See how you feel about restaurants and bars now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. A restaurant setting in a dream presents a variety of possibilities for symbolism. Consider what you do at a restaurant and a restaurant’s function and purpose. Restaurants are where you consume food, and consumption in a dream relates to the larger idea of what you choose to take into yourself. See: Eating, Food Restaurants are where you make choices. See: Menus Restaurants are popular settings for dates and special occasions. Some relationships begin and end at restaurants. Business deals are struck. Anniversaries are celebrated. These associations can be used by dreams to create symbolism and refer to events in your life. For example, a woman wondering whether her boyfriend is going to “pop the question” dreams about being in the restaurant where they had their first date. A chef-character says that a special meal is being prepared for them, symbolizing her anticipation that her boyfriend will soon give her that “special moment.” Another woman dreams about being in a restaurant with her ex-husband. He tells her that things are being worked out, and a contract is drawn up. It symbolizes her decision to finally put the relationship completely behind her. Her ex is a lawyer, so the idea of a deal fits with how she would expect him to behave under the circumstances. The restaurant setting is used because it’s where people can meet in neutral territory. Restaurants can be busy and hectic, and if your life is busy and hectic, then your dreams can symbolize it as working in a restaurant. This association is even stronger in people who have worked in restaurants. For example, a man dreams that he has two jobs, both in restaurants, and decides to call off of one of them. Having two jobs symbolizes his feeling of being overextended. He has a career and home to take care of, and he’s too busy with work related to his career, so his job at home has to wait. His career involves juggling many responsibilities at once, which is the nature of restaurant work. And cleaning up his home involves many of the same tasks involved in restaurant work, such as preparing meals and sweeping floors. A lot of preparation goes into getting ready for “the rush,” a restaurant term for the busy hours of service. It’s a ready-made analogy for rushing to get ready for a big event, such as preparing for relatives to come over for the holidays, or working on a project that requires attention to detail and multitasking. Another characteristic of working in a restaurant is that it can alternate between periods of idleness and busy-ness. See also: Chefs, Dinner, Eating, Food, Kitchens, Knives, Menus, Waiters