eating house; simple restaurant
A casual, often inexpensive restaurant serving simple meals; can sound slightly old-fashioned or working-class.
I had a set meal at an eating house in front of the station.
この辺りには安い飯屋が多い。
There are many cheap eating houses around here.
simple and inexpensive restaurant; diner
Standard kanji spelling.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in casual writing.
Katakana-kanji spelling, often used for a casual or slangy feel.
Compound of 飯 (めし, 'meal, cooked rice') and 屋 (や, 'shop, establishment').