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    ESL Restaurant Vocabulary

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    The document provides example dialogues for making a reservation at a restaurant, being seated, ordering food and drinks, dealing with problems, asking about menu items, requesting the check, and paying. Some key aspects covered include making a dinner reservation for two people on a Tuesday night, being told the table will be ready in a few minutes, ordering a soup starter and steak main course, asking if a dish contains seafood, and requesting the check to pay the bill.

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    The document provides example dialogues for making a reservation at a restaurant, being seated, ordering food and drinks, dealing with problems, asking about menu items, requesting the check, and paying. Some key aspects covered include making a dinner reservation for two people on a Tuesday night, being told the table will be ready in a few minutes, ordering a soup starter and steak main course, asking if a dish contains seafood, and requesting the check to pay the bill.

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    Restaurant English: Making a Reservation

    Customer

     I would like to make a dinner reservation for two.


     I need to make a dinner reservation.
     We will need the reservation for Tuesday night. We will be coming to
    your restaurant on Tuesday night.

    English for Restaurant Staff

     We will have a table for you.


     I can seat you at 7.30 on Tuesday, if you would kindly give me your
    name.
     We don’t have anything available at 8.30. Is 7.30 OK?
     I have a table for four available at 7.45, please just give me your
    name.

    Restaurant English: Being Seated at the Restaurant


    Customer

     I booked a table for two for 7pm under the name of John Thomas.
     A table for two, please.
     May we sit at this table?
     We have a dinner reservation for two at 7.30.
     Our reservation is under the name of Thomas at 7.30 for two people.
    English for Waiter/ Waitress

     Of course. Please come this way.


     Your table isn’t quite ready yet.
     Would you like to wait in the bar?
     We’re fully booked at the moment. Could you come back a bit later?
     If you wait, there’ll be a table for you free in a minute.
     Would you follow me, please?
     If you would please be seated over in the waiting area, our hostess
    will be with you in a moment.

    Customer

     Could you bring us the menu, please?


     Yes, can I see the dessert menu please?
     No, thanks. I am full after the meal.
     The menu, please.
     What’s on the menu?
     Do you have a set menu?
     Could you bring us the salt/ pepper/ ketchup/ vinegar, please?
     I’ll have the soup as a starter.
     I’ll have the steak for the main course.
     That’s all, thank you.
     May I have some water, please?
     May I get an order of barbeque wings?
     That’ll be all for now.
     Yes, please. May I get a glass of lemonade?
     I would like a Coke.
     I would like to order my food now.
     We’d like to order a cheeseburger and some fries.
     We’ll have the chicken with vegetables and the vegetable pasta, please.
     Just some water, please.
     Let’s have four coffees, please.
     We would like two coffees and two teas.
     We’d like a little longer, please.
    Restaurant English: Dealing with problems
    Customer

     Excuse me, but I didn’t order this.


     I’m sorry, but this is cold.
     Can I change my order please?
     I’m sorry, but can I change my order?
     I am sorry, but I think I ordered waffles.

    Restaurant English: Asking about the menu


     Is this served with salad?
     What do you recommend?
     Does this have any seafood in it?
     Is that shrimp in the soup?
     Is the soup a shrimp soup?
     What is in this chicken dish?
     Is there anything you recommend?

    When you want to pay, you can say

     Could I have the check, please?


     Can I have the check, please?
     We’ll take the check.
     Can I have my bill?
     Can we have the bill, please?
     Could we get the bill?
     Could I have the bill, please?
     I am ready for my bill.
     Could we pay please?
     I am ready to pay the bill.
     I would like my check, please.
    Sometimes, you may also want to say

     Do you accept credit cards?


     Can we have separate checks?
     We’re going to split the bill.
     Are you paying together?

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