[General] What do you call this type of meal? (UK usage preferred)

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glamourmansk

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Hello everyone!

What would you call the type of restaurant meal which is:

- served at reastaurants at daytime at fixed hours (say, from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m.)
- offers a limited choice of options (for main course, salad, drink)
- sold at a fixed (usu. reduced) price for everything (comes as a single item on the bill)?

In Russian, we call it "business lunch", but it's not a business lunch proper, i. e. doesn't imply a formal business meeting, it's rather a restaurant's special offer. And it doesn't necessarily mean a takeout lunch or a lunch at a cheap place like Subway or McDonald's, even more upscape restaurants can offer this kind of option.

What would you call it? Lunch combo? Or what?

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Here I've seen ads that say Corporate Lunch. Usually advertised as a 3 course mixed menu meal. Or a Lunch Bonanza.
 

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In many English countries, we still use the French term: Prix fixe, or Menu prix fixe; sometimes it's just the Lunch Special.
 

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Or set menu.
 
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