Conversations · Lesson 5

Restaurants: party size, ordering, extras and the bill

おすすめは何なんですか。

Say how many you are, get seated, ask for recommendations, order, order more, then pay together or separately. Catch the staff’s set questions; answer briefly.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: a set-meal restaurant at lunchtime
  2. 02What the staff say (you only need to understand these)
  3. 03What you say: numbers, seats, ordering
  4. 04Ordering more and other requests
  5. 05Paying: 「お会計かいけい、お願ねがいします」
  6. 06Restaurant habits

Practice

  • Match what the staff say to its meaning
  • How would you reply?
  • Match each phrase to its situation
  • Which sentence says what you want?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Change to a polite way of speaking to the staff
  • Put the dialogue in order

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