Dinner is the large meal of the day, but many restaurants serve the same menu for both lunch and dinner. Romanian cuisine is meat-based with very few vegetarian alternatives. A formal dinner begins with soup and continues with a main course of meat, potato, vegetables, and salad. Common salads include lettuce salad, tomato and cucumber salad, or cabbage salad- all come with the dressing already mixed in. Dessert is usually a sweet cake or ice cream.
Desserts tend to be very sweet and rich by American standards.
When entering a restaurant, customers either choose a table or wait for the waitperson to take them to a table. The waitperson will take the order and bring the food. When ready to pay, customers should call the waitperson. Delivery services exist, but usually only for fast food or pizza. Students usually eat in fast food restaurants where a variety of Italian pizza, hot sandwiches and hamburgers are served.