In private, between two people; head-to-head.

By ordering individually priced items from the menu.

(food and drink) Allowing selection from a fixed list of individually priced options shown on the menu. / (by extension) Selective; only choosing what one likes or desires.

A piece of fiction, especially a novel, describing real-life people and/or events.

face-to-face / (numismatics, of a coin) having two portraits facing each other

In relation to; compared with. / Opposite; across from; set so as to be facing.

face to face (with another) / (archaic) In a position facing a specified or implied subject.

(historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other. / A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.

A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.

Alternative form of a la mode