if food in a restaurant is à la carte, or if you eat à la carte, you choose from a list of dishes that have separate prices, rather than having a complete meal at a fixed price 按菜单点菜(与套餐相对) There is an excellent à la carte restaurant for hotel residents. 酒店里有一家非常好的点菜餐厅。 It was more expensive to eat à la carte. 点菜要贵一些。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryà la carte is used with these nouns:- menu
- restaurant