Restaurants are designed with a central bar and wall-side tables. While bright and cheery, chairs and tables are designed to encourage quick eating and not a lingering, romantic dinner. Meals are all portioned: a piece of meat, rice or noodles, and vegetables.
販賣各種麵食、魯肉飯、焢肉飯的路邊攤，可說是速簡餐廳的前身，但這類小吃攤通常不太注重衛生，而且設備簡陋、供應量小，已漸不能滿足大量外食人口的需求，因此速簡定食餐廳發展快速。