restaurant leftovers

Meaning

'Restaurant leftovers' refers to the uneaten food remaining at the end of a meal at a restaurant that customers choose to pack up and take home. It is a casual and very common practice in many countries to avoid wasting food.

Examples

• I love eating restaurant leftovers for breakfast the next day.

  I love eating restaurant leftovers for breakfast the next day.

• We ordered way too much food, so we ended up with a lot of restaurant leftovers.

  We ordered way too much food, so we ended up with a lot of restaurant leftovers.

• Are these restaurant leftovers still good to eat after two days in the fridge?

  Are these restaurant leftovers still good to eat after two days in the fridge?

• Don't throw that away; those restaurant leftovers will make a great lunch tomorrow.

  Don't throw that away; those restaurant leftovers will make a great lunch tomorrow.

• The hotel room has a microwave, which is perfect for heating up our restaurant leftovers.

  The hotel room has a microwave, which is perfect for heating up our restaurant leftovers.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I brought home the restaurant left overs.

  ✓ I brought home the restaurant leftovers.

  'Leftovers' is written as a single word, not two separate words.

• ✗ We have many restaurant leftover.

  ✓ We have a lot of restaurant leftovers.

  'Leftovers' is almost always plural when referring to the remaining food items.

Related Expressions

Practice

• We don't need to cook tonight because we have plenty of ___ in the fridge.

  💡 The food we brought back from the diner yesterday.

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• Some people don't like eating ___, but I think they taste even better the next day.

  💡 Unfinished meals taken home from a dining out.

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