At a restaurant

Dear students,

 Today we are going to learn the names of some food and drinks and learn how to order some food in the restaurant. Watch these videos and try to remember everything. If you have questions, ask me. I'm here for you. Good luck and have fun.

Irena

WELCOME TO OUR RESTAURANT!

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Now watch the video about some food you can eat in a restaurant. Listen, read and repeat.

Now we are going to learn how to order in a restaurant. Listen carefully, take notes and repeat.

This video will help you to use appropriate phrases and sentences that people usually use when they order food in a restaurant. The teacher in this video is going to explain to you 4 different ways of doing it. Please, watch it.

Here is one more video for you. It will teach you how to order food.



When you're out to eat with friends and family, it can be challenging to decide what to order off the menu. There are often too many choices on the menu, everything sounds good or nothing sounds good; you're unfamiliar with a particular type of cuisine; you'd like to have what that woman over there is having, but you don't know what that is.





Please, also watch this video. It's easy to understand and easy to remember some standard phrases and rules ordering in a restaurant.



So, one of the most important tasks in English is ordering food when you go to a restaurant. There are basic forms and questions.  There is also a food vocabulary that you can use in places where people speak English.

Take a look at this 

Menu Starters: 

Chicken Soup $2.50 
Salad $3.25 
Sandwiches - Main Course Ham and cheese $3.50 
Tuna $3.00 
Vegetarian $4.00 
Grilled Cheese $2.50 
Piece of Pizza $2.50 
Cheeseburger $4.50 
Hamburger deluxe $5.00 
Spaghetti $5.50 

Drinks: 

Coffee $1.25 
Tea $1.25 
Soft Drinks - Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, etc. $1.75   

Read this dialogue:

Waiter: Hello, Can I help you?
Kim: Yes, I'd like to have some lunch.
Waiter: Would you like a starter?
Kim: Yes, I'd like a bowl of chicken soup, please.
Waiter: And what would you like for a main course?
Kim: I'd like a grilled cheese sandwich.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink?
Kim: Yes, I'd like a glass of Coke, please.After Kim has her lunch.
Waiter: Can I bring you anything else?
Kim: No thank you. Just the bill.
Waiter: Certainly.
Kim: I don't have my glasses. How much is the lunch?
Waiter: That's $6.75.
Kim: Here you are. Thank you very much.
Waiter: You're welcome. Have a good day.
Kim: Thank you, the same to you.

Notice how the waiter asks:- What would you like? 
and Kim responds: - I'd like ...

"Would like" is the polite form used when asking and requesting. 

Now, try this easy exercise. 
Fill in the blanks. 

Waiter: Hello, Can I ______ you?
Kim: Yes, __________ to have some
lunch.
Waiter: _____________________ a starter?
Kim: Yes, _____________ a bowl of chicken soup, please.
Waiter: And _____________________ for a main course?
Kim: I'd like a grilled cheese sandwich.
Waiter: ________________ anything to drink?
Kim: Yes, I'd like a glass of Coke, please.
Waiter (after Kim has her lunch): Can I bring you anything else?
Kim: No thank you. Just the ________ .
Waiter: Certainly.
Kim:I don't have my glasses. ________________ is the lunch?
Waiter: That's $6.75.Kim: ______________ . Thank you very much.
Waiter: You're ___________ . Have a good day.
Kim: Thank you, the ________ to you.


Here is a dialog at the restaurant. 
Please, practice it a few times. Make sure, you remember what you have to say.

Waiter: Welcome to Antico's restaurant. Here are your menus. Today's special is grilled salmon. I'll be back to take your order in a minute. ............................................... 
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Customer 1: I'd like the seafood spaghetti.
Waiter: And you?
Customer 2: I'll have a hamburger and fries.
Waiter: Would you like anything to drink?
Customer 1: I'll have a coke, please.
Waiter: And for you?
Customer 2: Just water, please.
Waiter: OK. So that's one seafood spaghetti, one hamburger and fries, one coke, and one water. I'll take your menus. ................................. 
Waiter: Here is your food. Enjoy your meal. .................................
Waiter: How was everything?
Customers 2: Delicious, thanks.
Waiter: Would you like anything for dessert?
Customer 1: No, just the bill please. And at the end, here is one last video. 

So did you learn some new words and phrases that you can use in a restaurant next time you go there to eat? 

I hope you say "Yes"!

Did you have fun? 

I hope you say "Yes"! 

So, now you can go to a restaurant, try to use all phrases you learned and practice them with your waiter.

Have fun and good luck!