Top 10 MustKnow English Phrases For the Restaurant
hi everyone my name is Bridget and
welcome to today’s lesson the topic for
this lesson is top 10 must know phrases
for the restaurant let’s get started a
table for three please a table for three
please you tell them the number of
people that you are total so that the
host can bring you to an appropriate
table a table for two please a table for
five please could I please see a menu
could I please see a menu
usually menus are given to you as soon
as you sit down at your table but if
that’s not the case and you need to ask
this is a polite way to do it
did I please see a menu I’d like to try
this dish I’d like to try this dish when
looking at a menu hopefully you’ll find
something you want to eat I’d like to
try this dish could you leave out the
onions could you leave out the onions if
there’s an ingredient in the dish that
you’re ordering that you don’t want you
can always ask the waiter if it could be
prepared without that ingredient so for
example I might say can I get the burger
but with no cheese could you pass the
salt could you pass the salt when you’re
at a restaurant especially if you’re at
a big table with a lot of people you
might not always be able to reach things
so you would ask could you pass me the
salt could you pass me the ketchup could
you pass me another napkin waiter waiter
a waiter is someone who takes your order
and brings you food in America and in
many other Western countries it’s more
polite to call a waiter to your table by
simply saying excuse me or if you see
another waiter walking by but it’s not
your waiter
you can always say excuse me if you see
our waiter could you please let them
know to come to our table is there any
dairy in this dish is there any dairy in
this dish this is something you would
say if you have a dairy allergy a dairy
intolerance or you just don’t like dairy
you’re asking the waiter about the angry
in a particular dish I do this all the
time
is there any cheese in this no okay and
if there is an ingredient that you don’t
want for example onions you could say
are there any onions in this and the
waiter might say yes and if you don’t
want it you could always request could
you leave out the onions could you
prepare it without the onions please can
we get separate checks
can we get separate checks this is
actually something that’s very common
especially in America if you might go
out with a group of friends or even if
you’re on a date sometimes you might
want to get separate checks pay for your
own things that way you can all pay
separately just for what you yourself
ordered and you won’t have to worry
about owing each other money or
calculating off a big huge bill
are there any specials today are there
any specials today a special at a
restaurant is a dish that isn’t usually
on the menu it’s something that’s
special but it’s a special that the chef
is offering that day or that week or
that month so sometimes if you don’t see
what the specials are you’d ask your
waiter excuse me are there any specials
today could we have the bill please
could we have the bill please this is
how you request that the cheque or the
bill comes to your table could we get
the check please could we get the bill
please you’re asking this to your waiter
who will then bring you the check and
you can pay and that brings us to the
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