The punishment for operating a restaurant without a license is that the administrative department for industry and commerce will ban it according to law and confiscate its illegal income; If unlicensed operation threatens public safety, endangers human health, has major security risks and destroys environmental resources, tools, equipment, raw materials, products and other property specially used for unlicensed operation shall be confiscated and a fine of not less than 50,000 yuan but not more than 500,000 yuan shall be imposed.