Today, in general, it is referred to as a Japanese style restaurant where tables or rooms are for reservation and a professional full-time chef is employed to prepare cuisine other than sake, a geisha delivers the cuisine to the reception room, and other geisha are performing entertainment.
今日では一般に、専任の板前を抱え、座敷があり芸妓を上げるような料理屋のことを指すことが多いが、芸妓衆のもてなしを主として、酒以外の料理は主に仕出しでまかなう。