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SPANISH LESSON - AT THE RESTAURANT / FOOD / DRINK IN SPANISH

AT THE RESTAURANT - USEFUL SPANISH PHRASES
(for audio/video files showing how to say the food / restaurant phrases in Spanish, see below)

Can you recommend a good local restaurant?

¿Puede recomendarnos algún buen restaurante de aquí? (pwe-de reko-mendar-nos al-goon bwen restow-ran-te de a-kee)

A table for one person/two people, please. 
Una mesa para una persona/dos personas, por favor. (OO-nah MAY-sah pah-rah OO-nah pehr-SOH-nah / dohss pehr-SOH-nahs pohr fah- BOHR)

I'd like to reserve a table for ... people
Quisiera reservar una mesa para ... personas (kee-sye-ra reser-bar oona mesa para ... per-sonas)

for tonight para esta noche (para esta no-che)
for tomorrow night para mañana por la noche (para ma-nyana por la no-che)
at 8pm a las ocho (a las O-cho)

Can I look at the menu, please? 
¿Puedo ver el menú (carta), por favor? (PWAY-doh behr ehl meh-NOO  (la karta) pohr fah-BOHR?)
Can you recommend a local dish?
¿Puede recomendarnos algún plato típico de aquí? (pway-de reko-mendar-nos al-goon plato tee-peeko de a-kee)
 
What is in this?
¿Este plato, qué lleva?este plato ke lyeba)

I'll have this
Voy a tomar esto (boy a tomar esto)

What is the dish of the day?
¿Cuál es el plato del día? (kwal es el plato del dee-a)
Do you have any vegetarian dishes?
¿Tienen algún plato vegetariano? (tye-nen al-goon plato be-kheta-ryano)
Which dishes have no meat / fish?
¿Cuáles son los platos que no llevan carne / pescado? (kwa-les son los platos que no lyeban kar-ne / pes-kado)
 
fixed-price meal 
menú del día

a children's menu
menú para niños (menoo para neenyos)

Listen Hear Spanish restaurant vocabulary

breakfast desayuno
lunch comida (Spain, Mexico), almuerzo (South America)
supper cena (everywhere), comida (South America)
 
I want _____. 
Quiero _____.

I want a dish containing _____. 
Quisiera un plato que lleve _____.

beef ternera (tehr-NEH-rah), vacuno (bah-KOO-noh), res (rehss)
chicken pollo. (POH-yoh)
cheese queso (keso)
eggs huevos (webos)
fish pescado (pehs-KAH-doh)
fruit fruta
ham jamón (hah-MOHN)
noodles fideos
potatoes las patatas (pa-tatas)
rice arroz (a-rroth)
salad ensalada
sausage salchicha (sahl-CHEE-chah), vienesa (byeh-NAY-sah)
spinach las espinacas (espee-nakas)
tomatoes los tomates (toma-tes)
toast tostada
vegetables verdura

Listen You can hear how these and other foods are said in Spanish. (Once page is opened place your mouse on an image to hear it said in Spanish):

May I have a glass of _____? 
¿Me puede poner/traer un vaso de _____?

May I have a cup of _____? 
¿Me puede poner/traer una taza de _____?

With milk
con leche (kon le-che)
 
May I have a bottle of _____? 
¿Me puede poner/traer una botella de _____?

With ice, please
con hielo, por favor (kon yelo por fabor)

beer una cerveza (oona ther-betha)
coffee un café (oon ka-fe)
juice zumo , jugo
red wine vino tinto
sparkling water agua con gas (Agua mineral is sparkling bottled water, unless you specify 'agua mineral sin gas'.)
tea un té (oon te)
water agua (agwa)
white wine vino blanco


May I have some _____? 
¿Me puede dar un poco de _____?

black pepper pimienta
bread pan
butter mantequilla , manteca (in Argentina)
salt sal

Excuse me, waiter? (getting attention): 
¡camarero!, ¡mesero! (preferred)

I'm finished. 
He terminé 

It was delicious. 
Estaba delicioso.

Please clear the plates. 
Puede llevarse los platos.

The bill / check, please. 
La cuenta, por favor.

Listen Watch & Learn Practise Spanish phrases for a trip to a restaurant with this video:

Different Foods and other useful Spanish restaurant vocabulary can be found in this video:



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