UNIT 4: AT A RESTAURANT

Finding a table for dinner (DINER)

A table for four, please.

Can I have the table by the window?

Excuse me, could we have a table over there by the window?

I don't care for this table.

I made a reservation. My name is Betty.

Is the table free, waiter? (Bàn này có trống không?)

Is there a place vacant?

Let's catch the waiter's eye. (Hãy ra hiệu cho bồi bàn)

This one is good. Let's take it. (Bàn này tốt. Lấy bàn này)

We want to be near the dance floor. (Muốn ngồi gần sàn nhảy)

We've got a reservation for dinner this evening. I'm John.

Seating the diner (Sắp xếp chỗ cho khách ăn) (WAITER)

Could you follow me, please?

If you come this way, I'll show you to your table.

We can seat you in five minutes or so.

Well, this table is free.

Where would you like to sit?

Would you like to take the one in the corner?

You could sit where you'd like.

Asking if the diner is ready to order (WAITER)

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Are you ready to order, sir?

Have you chosen something?

Have you decided on something, sir?

May I take your order?

Would you like to order now, sir?

Asking what the diner would like to have (WAITER)

And any vegetables? (Thế có rau không?)

And what to follow? (Tiếp theo là món gì?)

Anything else? (Còn gì khác)

Anything to drink?

Do you want anything to start with? (Ông có muốn gì để khai vị?)

What dishes would you like?

What kind of fish do you prefer?

What would you like?

Will there be anything else?

Will you have anything to drink?

Finding out what the restaurant has today (DINER)

Anything cold? (Đồ ăn nguộ i không?)

Do you have all types of seafood here?

Let me look at the menu.

What are your specials?

What do you have today for breakfast?

What else have you got on the menu?

What kinds of desserts do you serve?

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Which soup do you recommend?

Recommending what the restaurant has today (WAITER)

You can have ………………………………………………………………

….………………………. is always a favorite dish with our customers.

I can recommend the ……………………….

Perhaps I could recommend ……………………………………………..

….…………………….is specialty here, I should say.

….………………….. is being served today.

Today, we've got ………………………

We have …………………………..

We specialize in ………………………………

What do you say to some rice? (Dùng cơm nhé)

Ordering a meal

A clear soup for me, please.

All right, I'll order the same.

Anything's all right with me.

Get me some chicken salad, please.

Give me an order of chicken curry.

I think I'll have ………………………………

I think I'll start with the soup.

I think ……………………… is worth trying.

I'd like to try the chicken, please.

Let’s have seafood for a change.

May I have a steak, please?

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No dessert, please.

Whatever you have. It doesn't matter.

Asking how the diner would like something

Do you like your steak well-done or underdone?

Would you like it rare, medium, or well-done?

Paying the bill

Can I have the bill, please?

It's my round.

It's my treat this time.

It's all on me.

Let me foot the bill.

Let me pay this time.

Let's go fifty-fifty.

May I have the check, please?

Waiter! The check, please.