Spoken English commonly used by restaurant waiters

1 ① How much? /How many people are there in your party? How many people are there in your party?

Two dinners, please. Dine for two.

Can I have a table for two? Do you have a table for two?

Would you please arrange a dinner party for six? Can you arrange meals for six people?

I'd like to reserve a table for five I want to reserve a table for five.

I reserved a table for four under the name of Johnson. I reserved a table for four under the name of Johnson.

I want a non-smoking table for two. I'd like a non-smoking table for two.

Excuse me, is that table empty? Excuse me, is this an empty table?

My friend will come soon. My friend will come soon.

I am waiting for someone. I'm waiting for someone.

Can I have a menu? /May I have the menu, please? /Please show me the menu.

May I take your order now? May I order now?

Are you ready to order now? /Do you want to order now? Are you ready to order now?

Would you like something to drink before dinner? /Would you like something to drink first?

Would you like something to drink before ordering? Would you like something to drink before ordering?

Would you like something to drink? Would you like something to drink?

How many minutes do you need to decide what you want? Do you want to wait a few more minutes? )

I want to eat/taste ... Yes, I want to taste. ...

I'll try ... Yes, I want to try. ...

I'd like my steak rare/medium/well done. I'd like my steak rare/medium/well done.

We still need a few minutes to decide. /We still need a few minutes to decide. /

We still need a few minutes to decide. We'll order later.

I am not ready to order. I am not ready to order.

I haven't decided what I want. I haven't thought of what to eat yet.

I haven't decided.

I can't decide. What do you recommend? /Do you have any suggestions? What dishes do you recommend?

What do you recommend? What dishes do you recommend?

What's delicious today? What's delicious today?

What are the specialties? What's the special today?

Well, … is very popular, and … is very good. Well, … is very popular, and … is not bad.

Pet-name ruby why don't you order for me? Why don't you help me?

May I serve it to you now? May I serve you now?

Do you like your salad/steak/lamb chop? How about your salad/steak/lamb chop …?

Yes, it's good and fresh. Yes, it is delicious and fresh.

It's delicious! It tastes great!

This is delicious! How delicious!

(3) mine is tasteless! Mine is tasteless!

(4) ..... Great! ..... It's delicious!

This meal is great! Delicious/great!

The beer is flat. The beer has gone stale.

⑦ This is a bit difficult. It's a little difficult.

The sauce is lovely. This juice is good!

This meat is too fat. This meat is too fat.

My mouth is watering. My mouth is watering.

Please try this. Please try this.

Do you want some more? /Do you want to eat something else? /Don't you want more? Eat more!

How about another drink? Would you like a refill?

Won't you eat more? /Please take some more. Eat more!

1 1 ① I'm full. I'm full.

I don't think I can eat any more. I don't think I can eat any more.

I think I'm fine now. I think I've had enough now. .

Thank you, but I've eaten too much. Thank you, but I've eaten too much.

No, but thank you for your invitation. No, thank you all the same. No, thank you for your kindness.

No, thanks. I'm ready to explode now. No, thanks. My stomach is bursting.

No, thanks. I always eat as much as a pig. I have had enough to eat and drink.

No, thanks. I'm really full. I'm really full.

12 ① Three cheers for ... Three cheers for ...!

(2) a toast to you! To you.

To our distinguished friends! To our distinguished friends.

This is for ... cheers ... this glass of wine is for you.

13 ① excuse me. /May I leave for a moment? Excuse me for a moment.

I’ll be right back. I’ll be right back.

I'm sorry. I'm really sorry about that.

14 (1) How about going Dutch? How about going Dutch?

Let's go Dutch. Let's go Dutch. /Let's make it AA.

Let's pay separately.

(3) (1) Check or separate? Together or separately?

(2) Check separately? Separate checks?

Let's split it equally. Let's split it equally.

Let's split the bill. Let's split it equally.

(1) It's my turn today. It's my treat tonight. /Let me pay the bill. /Be my guest. I am the host today.

(1) Can I have my bill? /Please give us the bill. /Please pay the bill. Please bring the bill.

Do you take this? Do you accept this?

Do you accept credit cards? Do you accept credit cards?

May I have a receipt, please? Please make out a receipt.

Pet-name ruby Does this include tips? Does this include tips?

Keep the change.

Cold dishes, vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, staple food, staple food hotpot

Spicy hotpot Spicy hotpot Cold noodles Cold noodles dumplings jiaozi steamed bun steamed buns

Instant-boiled mutton instant-boiled mutton braised pork tofu tofu youtiao

Fried dumplings steamed bread steamed bread Zhajiang Noodles Zhajiang Noodles Daoxiao Noodles Daoxiao Noodles

Porridge porridge soup meatball soup seafood soup seaweed soup lean meat and fat meat

Attendant:

1 Can I help you? /May I help you? /What can I do for you today?

May I take your order? what would you like to eat?

What will 3 be? What can I get you?

Eat here or take away? /Stay or take away? /Eat here or take away? -for here. /to go.

Do you need some drinks? /Would you like something to drink? /What kind of drink?

Do you want French fries with that? If you order a hamburger, he may ask. )

What kind of meat do you want? What kind of meat do you want?

What sauce do you like with chicken nuggets? /What kind of sauce do you like?

What kind of sauce do you want to use on the chicken nuggets?

-ketchup/barbecue sauce (barbecue sauce)/hot mustard (mustard sauce)

Is that all? /Anything else? That's it. (Multi-purpose)/That's all.

McDonald's Food Introduction:

1 packing: two in one

Usually you can judge the date by looking at the picture. When ordering a set meal, just say set meal number one or set meal number one. Sometimes the clerk will ask, do you want a large one? If you need it, he will give you large fries and coke.

2 Hamburg: Hamburg

When Americans say hamburgers, they usually say hamburgers or cheeseburgers. Unlike in China, when ordering hamburgers in the United States, will the clerk ask you for cheese? So you can say no cheese when you order, and he won't ask you again.

3 French fries: French fries

4 drinks: drinks

1 coke: coke 2 diet coke: diet coke (diet) 3 sprite: sprite 4 orange soda: Hi-C (or orange soda)

⑤ iced tea: iced tea

Customer:

1 a big MAC, two friends' meals and a milkshake ... a beef burger, two French fries and a milkshake.

I want a Big Mac set meal and a six-piece chicken. I want a set meal of Mai Xiang Chicken and a 6-piece chicken.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

Where are the napkins? Where are the napkins?

Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw? Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw?

May I have some napkins? May I have some napkins?

May I have some more ketchup? May I have some more ketchup?

10 Where is the bathroom? Where is the bathroom?

Attendant:

1 Can I help you? /May I help you? /What can I do for you today?

May I take your order? what would you like to eat?

What will 3 be? What can I get you?

Eat here or take away? /Stay or take away? /Eat here or take away? -for here. /to go.

Do you need some drinks? /Would you like something to drink? /What kind of drink?

Do you want French fries with that? If you order a hamburger, he may ask. )

What kind of meat do you want? What kind of meat do you want?

What sauce do you like with chicken nuggets? /What kind of sauce do you like?

What kind of sauce do you want to use on the chicken nuggets?

-ketchup/barbecue sauce (barbecue sauce)/hot mustard (mustard sauce)

Is that all? /Anything else? That's it. (Multi-purpose)/That's all.

McDonald's Food Introduction:

1 packing: two in one

Usually you can judge the date by looking at the picture. When ordering a set meal, just say set meal number one or set meal number one. Sometimes the clerk will ask, do you want a large one? If you need it, he will give you large fries and coke.

2 Hamburg: Hamburg

When Americans say hamburgers, they usually say hamburgers or cheeseburgers. Unlike in China, when ordering hamburgers in the United States, will the clerk ask you for cheese? So you can say no cheese when you order, and he won't ask you again.

3 French fries: French fries

4 drinks: drinks

1 coke: coke 2 diet coke: diet coke (diet) 3 sprite: sprite 4 orange soda: Hi-C (or orange soda)

⑤ iced tea: iced tea

Customer:

1 a big MAC, two friends' meals and a milkshake ... a beef burger, two French fries and a milkshake.

I want a Big Mac set meal and a six-piece chicken. I want a set meal of Mai Xiang Chicken and a 6-piece chicken.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

Where are the napkins? Where are the napkins?

Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw? Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw?

May I have some napkins? May I have some napkins?

May I have some more ketchup? May I have some more ketchup?

10 Where is the bathroom? Where is the bathroom?

Attendant:

1 Can I help you? /May I help you? /What can I do for you today?

May I take your order? what would you like to eat?

What will 3 be? What can I get you?

Eat here or take away? /Stay or take away? /Eat here or take away? -for here. /to go.

Do you need some drinks? /Would you like something to drink? /What kind of drink?

Do you want French fries with that? If you order a hamburger, he may ask. )

What kind of meat do you want? What kind of meat do you want?

What sauce do you like with chicken nuggets? /What kind of sauce do you like?

What kind of sauce do you want to use on the chicken nuggets?

-ketchup/barbecue sauce (barbecue sauce)/hot mustard (mustard sauce)

Is that all? /Anything else? That's it. (Multi-purpose)/That's all.

McDonald's Food Introduction:

1 packing: two in one

Usually you can judge the date by looking at the picture. When ordering a set meal, just say set meal number one or set meal number one. Sometimes the clerk will ask, do you want a large one? If you need it, he will give you large fries and coke.

2 Hamburg: Hamburg

When Americans say hamburgers, they usually say hamburgers or cheeseburgers. Unlike in China, when ordering hamburgers in the United States, will the clerk ask you for cheese? So you can say no cheese when you order, and he won't ask you again.

3 French fries: French fries

4 drinks: drinks

1 coke: coke 2 diet coke: diet coke (diet) 3 sprite: sprite 4 orange soda: Hi-C (or orange soda)

⑤ iced tea: iced tea

Customer:

1 a big MAC, two friends' meals and a milkshake ... a beef burger, two French fries and a milkshake.

I want a Big Mac set meal and a six-piece chicken. I want a set meal of Mai Xiang Chicken and a 6-piece chicken.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

Where are the napkins? Where are the napkins?

Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw? Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw?

May I have some napkins? May I have some napkins?

May I have some more ketchup? May I have some more ketchup?

10 Where is the bathroom? Where is the bathroom?

Attendant:

1 Can I help you? /May I help you? /What can I do for you today?

May I take your order? what would you like to eat?

What will 3 be? What can I get you?

Eat here or take away? /Stay or take away? /Eat here or take away? -for here. /to go.

Do you need some drinks? /Would you like something to drink? /What kind of drink?

Do you want French fries with that? If you order a hamburger, he may ask. )

What kind of meat do you want? What kind of meat do you want?

What sauce do you like with chicken nuggets? /What kind of sauce do you like?

What kind of sauce do you want to use on the chicken nuggets?

-ketchup/barbecue sauce (barbecue sauce)/hot mustard (mustard sauce)

Is that all? /Anything else? That's it. (Multi-purpose)/That's all.

McDonald's Food Introduction:

1 packing: two in one

Usually you can judge the date by looking at the picture. When ordering a set meal, just say set meal number one or set meal number one. Sometimes the clerk will ask, do you want a large one? If you need it, he will give you large fries and coke.

2 Hamburg: Hamburg

When Americans say hamburgers, they usually say hamburgers or cheeseburgers. Unlike in China, when ordering hamburgers in the United States, will the clerk ask you for cheese? So you can say no cheese when you order, and he won't ask you again.

3 French fries: French fries

4 drinks: drinks

1 coke: coke 2 diet coke: diet coke (diet) 3 sprite: sprite 4 orange soda: Hi-C (or orange soda)

⑤ iced tea: iced tea

Customer:

1 a big MAC, two friends' meals and a milkshake ... a beef burger, two French fries and a milkshake.

I want a Big Mac set meal and a six-piece chicken. I want the Mai Xiang Chicken Set Meal and 6 pieces of chicken.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a large/small coke without ice and a pineapple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a small coke, a hamburger, French fries and an apple pie.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

I want a cup of coffee, a fried chicken leg, a hamburger and a strawberry sundae.

Where are the napkins? Where are the napkins?

Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw? Where is the straw? /Do you have a straw?

May I have some napkins? May I have some napkins?

May I have some more ketchup? May I have some more ketchup?

10 Where is the bathroom? Where is the bathroom?