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Food and Ordering

Learn vocabulary for food and how to order at a restaurant.

Ordering Food in a Restaurant
Watch a dialogue of people ordering food.
Dialogue: At a Restaurant
Study this conversation to learn useful phrases.

Dialogue: At a Restaurant

Waiter: Hello, are you ready to order?

You: Yes, I'd like the chicken soup to start, please.

Waiter: And for your main course?

You: I'll have the grilled fish with vegetables.

Waiter: Anything to drink?

You: Just a bottle of still water, please.

Useful Phrases:
  • To ask for the menu: "Could we have the menu, please?"
  • To order: "I'd like..." / "I'll have..."
  • To ask for the bill: "Could we have the bill, please?"

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Restaurant Quiz
Choose the correct word or phrase.
1
What is the first part of a meal called?
2
What do you ask for at the end of the meal?
3
Which phrase is a polite way to order?