1. Ordering Food at a Restaurant
Restaurant/Ordering Food Dialogue
Host: Hello, Welcome to Tony’s Italian Restaurant!
Guests: Hello!
Host: How many are in your party tonight?
Guests: We have 5 people
Host: Would you like to sit inside or outside?
Guests: We would like to sit outside, please
Host: Great! Follow me please
……
Server: Hello, what would everyone like to drink?
Guests: We will have two lemonades, and iced tea and two waters, please
Server: Okay, I will back with your drinks to get your food order in a few minutes
……
Server: Have you decided on what you will be having for dinner tonight?
Guests: Yes, but we have a few questions. Is your lasagna homemade every
day? And what kind of dressings do you have for your salads?
Server: Yes, our lasagna is homemade every day with the best Italian
ingredients. We have italian, ranch and balsamic vinaigrette as dressings for
our salads
Guests: Great, we would like the garlic bread as an appetizer first. Then, we
would like two plates of lasagna, one spaghetti with meatballs, one garden
salad with balsamic vinaigrette and one chicken parmesan.
Server: Excellent choices I will get that order right in for you all
Vocabulary
Server/Waiter - Dish -
Host/Hostess - Side dish -
Customer/Guest - Main dish -
Appetizer/Starter - Menu -
Specials - A party -
Tip - Vegetarian options -
2. Restaurant Dialogue Worksheet
Fill in the blanks with the restaurant vocabulary and dialogue we learned so that
you can order lunch for yourself To go.
Server: Hello, what can I get for you today?
Customer: Hi, I would like my lunch ___________ please, but I am not sure
what I want to eat.
Server: That’s alright, can I suggest our daily lunch __________ ?
Customer: Sure, what is it?
Server: It is a slice of pizza and a drink with your choice of a ___________.
Customer: Can I have a side salad as my side dish?
Server: Of course!
Customer: That sounds great, I will have a slice of _____________________
pizza and a garden salad with italian dressing and a ______________ to drink
please.
Server: Alright, I will put in your order and have that right out for you.
Customer: Thank you!