Useful English Phrases for Ordering Food
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my name is alicia and today we’re going
to talk about
20 useful phrases for ordering food
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ordering food at restaurants so make
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let’s go on with the lesson
first
can i see the menu
can i see the menu
when you first arrive at the restaurant
and you sit down at the table or at your
seat and there’s no menu nearby you can
say to the wait staff can i see the menu
or can i have a menu which means i want
a menu give it to me please remember
just use this phrase if there’s no menu
near you or if you don’t see one
next is
can we pay separately
can we pay separately
this is a request to the staff at the
restaurant to pay for your food separate
from another person so if you go with
someone else or if you go with a group
of people and each person wants to pay
for the things they ate you can use this
question can we pay separately in some
cases it might be a good idea to make
this request before you order so that
the staff can prepare can we pay
separately this is a good one to know
okay next expression
do you have any vegetarian dishes
do you have any vegetarian dishes
so if you are a vegetarian or if someone
in your group is a vegetarian you can
ask the staff about their vegetarian
dishes which means the food that they
have available that is vegetarian if
you’re vegan you can substitute that for
vegetarian in this question like do you
have any vegan dishes you can use
whatever type of dietary restriction you
have in this question okay next is
what do you recommend
what do you recommend
so if you come to a restaurant and it’s
the first time there maybe and you can’t
decide or you’re feeling very open you
can ask the staff for a recommendation
you can say what do you recommend or
what’s your recommendation
the staff might not have a good idea so
they might ask you some follow-up
questions like what do you usually like
to eat or what are you in the mood for
or is there anything that you don’t like
so be prepared to answer a couple
follow-up questions after this but if
you can’t choose you can say what do you
recommend
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