What are the tables called where food is delivered for service to dinner?

Question

In formal dining rooms there is often a long table set to the side and the servers use it to stage dishes before they are served to the table. What is that appurtenance called?

Answer 1

I know a few names for them, but one of them I have no idea how to spell.

As has already been mentioned, ‘sideboard’.

Also buffet table when you’re looking through furniture listings.

I think the name I’m trying to spell is banquette, which looks to be built in seating in America, but was also the name for the narrow walkway around a castle wall. It’s what I grew up calling it, but I don’t know if I got that from my dad’s side (French Basque/Argentinian married to an Italian-American trained in Russian Ballet) or my mom’s side (Sicilian x4)

Answer 2

I believe it is simply called a "side table" or a "center table," depending on its location in the room. This practice has roots, or at least a history, in French-style fine dining. Also, as you probably know, sometimes service is done from a "cart" as well.