eating place vs restaurant

eating place and restaurant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
eating place	Yes	No	No	No
restaurant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eating place and restaurant are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of eating place include eatery, eating house.

eating place (noun)	restaurant (noun)
a building where people go to eat	a building where people go to eat