In fact, in daily life if people say 饭店,it means small and ordinary restaurants where people have meals with their friends or family members. While, 酒店, in fact are restaurants too, but 酒店 are always used to describe some restaurants which are bigger, more famous and expensive than 饭店. 酒店 are used to hold a company`s party or something like that. Hotels in Chinese means 旅店 where you can rent a room to live. But recently a lot of hotels write their names in 酒店, they are just want to represent that their hotels are high quality and even can provide customers breakfasts or meals.

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>>>But my dictionary says that 饭店 is only used in dialect as restaurant. bad dictionary 饭店 is a place to get the meal, definitely

饭店=restaurant， 饭=meal，food；店=store 酒店=hotel （a good hotel, very high price), 旅社=hotel（low price) 酒=wine in a 酒店，usually , there is a place for eating, called dining room.

I think you question is quite interesting! It is a good question. 酒店 and 饭店 the same meaning now. In my piont of view, 饭店 usually provide mainly for food(catering) in the past. But now, 饭店 is not only provides for food, but also provides accomdation, entertainment etc. Its meaning and its function the same as 酒店. And also, I think 饭店 is a Chinese saying, and 酒店 is a international saying. By the way, we have another words like 餐厅(restaurant)，饭馆(luncheonette) which is only provide for food.