网红餐厅 (wǎnghóngcāntīng): internet-famous restaurant

网红 = 网络红人 ('internet-popular'), which stretches to 网红餐厅, 网红店, 网红景点. The canonical pattern: photogenic interior + viral dish + short queue time → Xiaohongshu posts → more queue. Durability tends to be short; the phrase often carries a slight 'style-over-substance' hint.

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Compare 米其林餐厅 (critic-rated fine dining) and 必吃榜 (editorial-plus-crowd list). 网红餐厅 is pure social-media-driven popularity with no formal rating body.