Travel English Going to a Restaurant 5 Advanced Expressions
hi i’m vanessa from speak english with
vanessa calm what do you want to eat
let’s talk about it
welcome to the fourth video in the
Travel Survival Series congratulations
you’re going to be travelling to an
english-speaking country well you’re
going to need to learn some phrases for
typical situations so today we’re going
to talk about one specific situation
five expressions that you can use in
that situation but if you want to learn
all of the other expressions from the
other situations I recommend watching
this full youtube series and also
downloading all of these expressions in
a PDF guide this way you can review them
on your phone as you’re traveling as
you’re preparing to travel as you’re
waiting for your delayed bus this is a
good way to remember them and just feel
more comfortable using them so if you
want to download the travel survival
tips PDF file guide that I’ve made for
you you can click on the link in the
description below or up here you can
download it print it out keep it on your
phone keep it close to your heart let’s
talk about today’s topic take a look at
this video and try to guess which
situation which travel situation are we
going to talk about in this video what
do you think
you guess that we’re going to be talking
about restaurants today Oh for me I love
eating and I love trying new food so for
me when I visit a new place going to a
restaurant is a really essential
experience so I hope that while you’re
traveling you really do try to eat local
food or some popular places with locals
it’s going to give you a good taste of
the local cuisine and also a good
experience but you’re probably going to
need to use some English so let’s talk
about these five expressions that will
be useful for you at a restaurant let’s
imagine that you walk into a restaurant
it’s you your husband and your mom and
the waitress says oh welcome to the best
restaurant do you have three people but
really you’re waiting for your dad to
join you later maybe he was taking a
long time and he said go ahead I’ll meet
you at the restaurant
but the waitress or the person who’s
going to seat you the hostess she wants
to know how many people are going to sit
with you so she can put you at the right
table so she’ll probably say do you have
three people or will it be three people
and if the answer’s no you can say no we
have one more coming soon we have one
more coming soon great really commonly
used and also natural sounding or if
there are only three people who will be
sitting together yes you can just say
yes the second expression is a question
and an answer as you’re sitting at your
table the waiter is probably going to
ask you do you want some drinks you want
an appetizer here are some of our
specials if you go to a restaurant that
has a server so if they ask you do you
want to start with an appetizer do you
want to start with an appetizer but you
don’t really want an appetizer but you
know what you want to order for your
main meal you can say no but we’re ready
to order
I say this all the time because often I
don’t want an appetizer
I just want my dish my main meal so I
say oh no thanks but I’m ready to order
but I know what I want to order and this
way they’ll say okay and go write down
what you want the third expression is
how to order I already made a video
about three ways to order in a
restaurant so make sure that you check
that out to be able to see all of the
ways that you can order but one of the
most common ways is by using this
expression you can say I’m gonna get the
blue cheese burger and sweet potato
fries I’m going to get or I’m gonna get
you can use this in great fancy
restaurants or in really casual diners
really casual restaurants this is a
flexible expression pretty versatile so
I recommend saying I’m gonna get the
blue cheese burger and sweet potato
fries but what if your server gives you
the wrong side dish well for number four
we’re going to talk about how to explain
this problem politely usually in a
restaurant you don’t want to say I
ordered this why didn’t I get it you
want to be more polite about it at least
in the u.s. it’s our typical way of
doing things so I recommend when the
server comes back to your table or if
they’re passing the table you can kind
of wave and they’ll come over you can
say I’m sorry I think I ordered the
sweet potato fries can I get those
instead maybe they gave you a salad and
you don’t want a salad you want the
sweet potato fries so you can just
simply say I’m sorry I think I ordered
the sweet potato fries can I get those
instead you’re not pointing a finger
you’re not saying you didn’t give me the
correct order you’re talking about what
you ordered you’re saying I ordered the
sweet potato for
sighs can I get those instead instead of
the salad and in restaurants the
customer is always right so they’ll say
I’ll help of course I’m so sorry
and they’ll take away your salad and
bring you some tasty sweet potato fries
the fifth expression is about dessert
well waiters love to get you to buy more
and more appetizers drinks regular meals
main dishes desserts but often times
it’s too much food you really don’t have
enough room in your stomach to eat all
of that so at the end of your meal the
server might say did you save any room
for dessert and that means do you want
any dessert
but let’s imagine you already ate a big
meal you had that bleu cheese burger and
sweet potato fries and you’re ready to
take a nap
so you’re definitely not gonna get
dessert what can you say to be polite
well there’s a couple things you can say
but one of the most common is no thanks
I’m full or you can say no thanks I’m
stuffed stuffed means I ate a lot I’m
satisfied ah no thanks I’m stuffed but
I’ll take the bill I’ll take the bill or
we’ll get the bill we will take the bill
we will get the bill you’re ready to
leave you want to take a nap and you
definitely don’t want dessert so this is
a polite way to decline and just say no
thanks
but we’ll take the bill so now I have a
question for you what are some other
useful expressions at restaurants that
you have used or you want to use in a
restaurant in English and also it’s your
chance to use the expressions you
learned today so feel free to use them
in the comments below
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