This document provides guidance for waiters on how to take customer orders. It outlines questions waiters should ask and examples of customer responses for drinks, starters, main courses, and desserts. Waiters are instructed to ask about drinks, starters, and check if customers would like vegetables with their main course or how they would like their steak cooked. The document also provides examples of customer orders for each course type.

1. It’s very important for waiters to know how to take an order.
Taking an order

2. DRINKS
• Can I get you something to
drink?
• What would you like to
drink?
• Would you anything to
drink?

3. DRINKS
• A bottle of red wine,
please.
• A bottle of white wine,
please.
• A glass of water, please.
• Please, bring us another
beer.

4. STARTERS
• What would you like to
start with?
• Would you like a
starter?
• For starter we have
different kinds of salad.

5. STARTERS
• I would like a salad,
please.
• For my starter I’ll have
calamari, please.
• Garlic bread, please.

6. MAIN COURSE
• What would you like for a
main course?
• Why don’t you try the
pizza?
• Would you like
vegetables with it?
• How would you like your
steak?

7. MAIN COURSE
• Could I have chicken,
please?
• I’ll have the fish, please.
• Meat, please.
• Pasta with vegetables
for me, please.

8. DESSERT
• Would you like a
dessert?
• What would you like for
dessert?
• For dessert we have
different kinds of ice
cream.

9. DESSERT
• A chocolate cake,
please.
• An ice-cream, please.
• I’ll have a fruit salad.