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 按菜單點菜(與套餐相對) There is an excellent à la carte restaurant for hotel residents. 酒店裏有一家非常好的點菜餐廳。 It was more expensive to eat à la carte. 點菜要貴一些。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryà la carte is used with these nouns:- menu
- restaurant