at/in Queen's Restaurant

[Winwin2011]

I had dinner with my friends at/in Queen's Restaurant last night.

Are 'at' and 'in' both correct in the above sentence

 

[tedmc]

"At the restaurant" though "in" is not wrong.

not a teacher

 

[Winwin2011]

A: Where are you now?
B: I'm having dinner with my friends at/in Queen's Restaurant.

Are 'at' and 'in' both correct in the above sentence? Which one is more common?

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q="at+a+restaurant"&l=0&sugg=off 1857 examples of 'at a restaurant'.
http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q="in+a+restaurant"&l=0&sugg=off 1440 examples of 'in a restaurant'.

Not a teacher.

 

[Winwin2011]

http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q="at+a+restaurant"&l=0&sugg=off 1857 examples of 'at a restaurant'.
http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q="in+a+restaurant"&l=0&sugg=off 1440 examples of 'in a restaurant'.

Not a teacher.

Thanks Matthew

Do you mean that there is no difference between "at/in the restaurant' in most cases?

 

[Matthew Wai]

If you dined at an open-air table, you would be 'at' but not 'in' the restaurant.

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes.

 

[Winwin2011]

Yes.

Do you mean there is no difference in most cases?

 

[Rover_KE]

I would always use 'at'.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In most cases, there is no difference for me. I am at Clancy's. I am in Clancy's.

 

[Tdol]

Do you mean there is no difference in most cases?

Not in most, but Matthew gave one.