What does it mean to dream about restaurant?
A restaurant often points to nourishment shared with others, choice, and how you are fed in company rather than alone.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would read the shared meal as appetite met in the open, desire that is served and consumed in company. Who joins you at the table can be revealing. Note what is ordered and whether you are satisfied.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might see the restaurant as a place of nourishment chosen among many options, the self deciding what to take in and with whom to share it. The company at the table reflects your bonds. Ask what feeds you and who is present.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Under the continuity view, a restaurant often reflects waking thoughts of social life, choices, and being cared for or kept waiting. Poor service or no table can echo feeling overlooked. Consider how you are being nourished in company.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
The feast and the shared board are sacred in many traditions, a place of welcome, alliance, and sometimes of danger to the unwary guest. To eat together is to be bound together. The table has long sealed both friendship and fate.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Bulfinch; Brewer).