There was . . . . . . . . good restaurant near . . . . . . . . cinema and Joan decided to have . . . . . . . . dinner there.

The first blank refers to restaurant, the second to cinema and third to dinner. Since dinner is a meal, by rule, no article will be used in the third blank.
The cinema is specified to the one that's close to the restaurant, definite article of "the" will be used in the second blank.
The restaurant is preceded by an adjective, thus a countable noun "a" will be used in the first blank.