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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