table d'hôte

CIDE DICTIONARY

table d'hôte,  [F., literally, table of the landlord.].

•  A common table for guests at a hotel; an ordinary.  [1913 Webster]
•  Now, commonly, a meal, usually of several preselected and fixed courses, in a restaurant, hotel, or the like, for which one pays a fixed price. Sometimes, a meal with optional courses for which one pays a fixed price irrespective of what one orders; but the latter is usuallyt referred to as a pris fixe meal or a a la carte meal. Often used adjectively; as, a table-d'hôte meal.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]