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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champ cheat sheet to find some phrases

and vocabulary words specifically for

ordering food at restaurants so make

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practice after you watch this video okay

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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