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 end of today's lesson if you guys
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