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[[File:Cutlery Icon TS3.png|left]]In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', Sims can dine out at [[diner]] or [[bistro]] [[rabbit hole]]s. Sims can eat insidealone or outside the rabbit hole with someone else, or havejust go in for a drink. Diners are open 24 hours a day, while bistros are open from 11 AM11AM to 11 PM11PM. Sims can also wait for dessert while eating inside. Eating at a bistro is more expensive than eating at a diner, but the bistro can sometimes trigger some events that will not occur at a diner. The playersplayer cannot see Sims while they're eating inside the rabbit hole.

If Sims are eating at a bistro, they can also choose to eat outside, where they will enter the rabbit hole and then reappear shortly with their plates of food. They will seat themselves at any available outdoor table on the lot. Note that Sims who are on an outing or datingdate may not eat at the same table.

A venue from [[The Sims 3 Store|''The Sims 3'' Store]], [http://store.thesims3.com/setsProductDetails.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:67573 Business as Usual Bistro], features a working restaurant that operates on a similar mechanic to those in ''The Sims 2: Nightlife''. The set includes the '''[https://store.thesims3.com/productDetail.html?productId=OFB-SIM3:67572 It's Business Time Industrial Oven]''' and its associated menu, both of which isare required for the restaurant to work properly. Customers will order food from the menus placed on tables or on non-professional [[bar (object)|bars]]. The chef and server roles are combined, unlike previous games, so the chef will take the order, prepare the dishes, and serve the food.<ref group="n">A [https://www.nraas.net/community/Business-As-Unusual-Bistro mod] at ''[[NRaas Industries]]'' splits these two roles and allows individual shifts to be set for each role.</ref> Players can hire or fire chefs; set the menu, food markup, and chef quality; and choose the opening hours of the restaurant from 8AM to 6PM, 11AM to 9PM, or 3PM to 1AM. If the player's Sims own the community lot, they can profit from the restaurant.

Chefs are randomly-chosen from the pool of townies, and will automatically show up at the restaurant when it is time for them to work. If chefs are unable to get to the restaurant for any reason, they will automatically quit.