Let’s go out to eat
in a restaurant!
• Starter/First Course
• Appetizer
– Soup

• Eg

tomato soup

mushroom soup
chicken soup

– Prawn cocktail
– Avocado salad

Menu
Menu
• Main course/Entree
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–
–
–

Fish
Chicken
- pork
Beef
Lamb
Lasagne
Vegetarian pasta
Menu
• Side dishes
Accompaniments
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Vegetables
Salad
- French fries
Roast potatoes
Garlic bread
Menu
• Dessert
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Lemon meringue
Chocolate mousse
Ice-cream
Fruit salad
Cheese board
What do you say?
• Customers

• Waiter
• Waitress
• Server
Excuse me, where is the restroom?
Bathroom/toilet
Arriving at the Restaurant
Waiter
• Good evening,
Sir/Madam.
• Table for 2?
• Come this way.
• Here you are.
• Would you like
something to drink?

Customers
• Good evening!
• Yes please.
• Can we have a menu
please?
• Two glasses of red wine,
please.
Ordering the Food
Waiter
• Here are your
drinks.
• Are you ready
to order?

• Would you like anything
else?
• Enjoy your drinks.

Customer 1
• Yes, I’ll have tomato
soup to start. Then fish
and chips and salad.
Customer 2
• And I’d like prawn
cocktail to start.
Then roast beef
and vegetables.
• That’s all
thank you.
Serving the Meal
Waiter
• Here are your
starters.
Tomato
soup for you,
Sir.
• And prawn
cocktail for you
Madam.
• Enjoy your food.

Customer 1
• Thank you. It looks
delicious!
Customer 2
• Thank you!
Taking away empty plates
Waiter
• How was the
food?

• And here are
your main courses.
• Enjoy your meal!

Customers
• Great, thank you.

• Thank you!
After the Main Course
Waiter
• How was the
food?

Customers
• Great, thank you.
• Delicious!

• Would you like
dessert and coffee?

• Yes, we’ll both have
lemon meringue and
coffee please.
After the Coffee
Waiter
• Would you like
anything else?
(He takes away
the dirty dishes)
• Here you are.

Customers
• No, just the bill please.

• Thank you. We enjoyed
our meal. Keep the
change!
Complaints/Problems
Waiter
• Sorry!
• We’ll give you
another meal.
• The meal will
be free of charge.
• You must wash the
dishes!
• You can pay later.

Customers
• The food is cold!
• My glass is dirty!
• There’s a fly in my soup!
• My meat is raw!
• I have no money!
. . . and where do they go
after the restaurant, I
wonder??

Restaurant English

  • 1.
    Let’s go outto eat in a restaurant!
  • 2.
    • Starter/First Course •Appetizer – Soup • Eg tomato soup mushroom soup chicken soup – Prawn cocktail – Avocado salad Menu
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    Menu • Dessert – – – – – Lemon meringue Chocolatemousse Ice-cream Fruit salad Cheese board
  • 6.
    What do yousay? • Customers • Waiter • Waitress • Server
  • 7.
    Excuse me, whereis the restroom? Bathroom/toilet
  • 8.
    Arriving at theRestaurant Waiter • Good evening, Sir/Madam. • Table for 2? • Come this way. • Here you are. • Would you like something to drink? Customers • Good evening! • Yes please. • Can we have a menu please? • Two glasses of red wine, please.
  • 9.
    Ordering the Food Waiter •Here are your drinks. • Are you ready to order? • Would you like anything else? • Enjoy your drinks. Customer 1 • Yes, I’ll have tomato soup to start. Then fish and chips and salad. Customer 2 • And I’d like prawn cocktail to start. Then roast beef and vegetables. • That’s all thank you.
  • 10.
    Serving the Meal Waiter •Here are your starters. Tomato soup for you, Sir. • And prawn cocktail for you Madam. • Enjoy your food. Customer 1 • Thank you. It looks delicious! Customer 2 • Thank you!
  • 11.
    Taking away emptyplates Waiter • How was the food? • And here are your main courses. • Enjoy your meal! Customers • Great, thank you. • Thank you!
  • 12.
    After the MainCourse Waiter • How was the food? Customers • Great, thank you. • Delicious! • Would you like dessert and coffee? • Yes, we’ll both have lemon meringue and coffee please.
  • 13.
    After the Coffee Waiter •Would you like anything else? (He takes away the dirty dishes) • Here you are. Customers • No, just the bill please. • Thank you. We enjoyed our meal. Keep the change!
  • 14.
    Complaints/Problems Waiter • Sorry! • We’llgive you another meal. • The meal will be free of charge. • You must wash the dishes! • You can pay later. Customers • The food is cold! • My glass is dirty! • There’s a fly in my soup! • My meat is raw! • I have no money!
  • 15.
    . . .and where do they go after the restaurant, I wonder??