Talk:Tag:amenity=fast food

Mexican vs. Texmex

Here in the US, there is a group of food that is generally called "Mexican". However, it is an Americanized Mexican food called "Texmex". However, I suggest that we keep with the "Mexican" designation so that there isn't too much fragmentation. (This is just a preemptive suggestion.) — Val42 16:21, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Takeaway, delivery, and seating

I propose to add the following:

If the place offers delivery, tag it as delivery=yes, and tag it with takeaway=yes if it offers take away. If the place is take away only, with no seating, you can tag it as seating=no, and the seating tag can also be used to note if the place has outdoor seating: seating=outdoor.

And, another example:

Third:

amenity=fast_food

name=Pizza Hut

cuisine=pizza

seating=no

delivery=yes

takeaway=yes

drivein=no

Does this sound reasonable, or is there a better way of tagging these attributes? --Kate (talk) 06:35, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

May I suggest also to add something about "drivein" that would describe the ability to cary the food by car. --Marc 21:35, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

"drivein" would be good to have as a tag. --Kate (talk) 19:33, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I support this. Simple and logical. --Skippern 10:58, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

On the mailing list, I got feedback for the "seating" tag... Instead of no, we could put 0 and if there is seating, put number of seats (it may have to be a rough estimate). --Kate (talk) 19:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

I support this. I just searched for such a feature, but seating yes or outdoor is enough you can use capacity for the number of seats. --Dampfklon 22:04, 14 June 2011 (BST)

Point of reference, and possible alternative tag: indoor_seating=*.

Possible reasons to choose seating would include simpler to tag. Reasons to choose indoor_seating would be more clear meaning Coolmule0 (talk)

Do regular food hawker stalls, hot dog carts, or kebab vans count?

Do regularly-used permanent sites for vendors selling food via

• wikipedia:Mobile catering or wikipedia:Food truck
• wikipedia:Hot dog stand
• wikipedia:Hawker (selling food)
• wikipedia:Kebab van

count as amenity=fast_food? Assume one can give approximate opening hours. Vendors like these are frequently required to use specified locations by the authorities, so given that wikipedia:Hawker centres might be best described using amenity=food_court already, does that mean that very regular and sited kebab vans or hot dog stands are enough of a permanent feature to be mapped (and should they be mapped in this way or as something "less restauranty" or lesser in importance)? --achadwick 22:05, 11 June 2011 (BST)

Replying to myself, but Taginfo suggests that the key fast_food=* could be used for giving the type of fast food establishment. It's not much used at the moment, so somebody could claim it fr this sort of thing as more well established chain restaurants, fish and chip shops and greasy spoons. --achadwick 22:12, 11 June 2011 (BST)

a tag for something in between a restaurant, and a fast food place?

In OSM, restaurants have been described as "formal" dining places, while fast food appear to be used for those with a more "industrialized" approach.

Is there a way to better capture dining places, common in many parts of the world, where hot meals are quickly prepared from the kitchen and there are tables (or maybe counters) where diners can sit and consume their orders on-site, without the "formal" ambiance expected from a restaurant? The meals are less fancy than one could find in a restaurant, prices would be cheaper, and meals are still freshly prepared.

	Fast Food	Restaurant	Eatery/Diner
Service	Counter, Self-service	Table	Minimal
Wait Staff	No	Yes	Maybe
Bar	No	Maybe	No
Ambiance	Informal	Formal	Casual
Menu	Limited	Extensive	Diverse
Price Range	Low	High	Low-Mid
Athmosphere	Fast-paced	Laid-back	Utilitarian
Dining Experience	Speed, Convenience	Quality, Experience	Quality, Speed

I think "diner" is too North American, but "eatery" provides a good picture of what can be reasonably expected, hence amenity=eatery could be a candidate tag?

Or, am I overthinking how "restaurants" are tagged in OSM, or maybe burned by too many POIs tagged as such, but the food and service were not what I was expecting?

What do you think?

--GOwin (talk) 02:50, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Please be careful when editing. You removed the entire page content.
New amenity=* feature is not worthwhile now. It breaks all applications. The difference between them is not that big, and not clear-cut, depends on personal or cultural interpretation.
"Eatery" is not as obvious as diner. The former can refer to all eating businesses in the broadest. The distinction from "restaurant" may not be apparent in the rest of world.
The most numerous now is cuisine=diner , but it's not really "cuisine". cuisine=* is already a mess and cluttering. restaurant=diner would be better.
—— Kovposch (talk) 08:06, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Oh, my. My browser crashed before I saved the initial question, and I thought the restored text was alright.Thanks for catching that.

the restaurant=* looks like an interesting lead. I would never have thought of "diner" as a cuisine, and i agree that it has turned into a clutter of values. ˜˜