Ordering at a Restaurant

Warm-up: Ready to order?

2 warm-up questions

• Have you ever ordered food in English? Was it easy or difficult?
• First try: I'm your waiter. Order a main dish and a drink — 30 seconds, go.

Reading: At an Italian Restaurant

Read a 89-word text about At an Italian Restaurant

At an Italian Restaurant Sarah and Mike are at a restaurant. A waiter comes to their table. Waiter: Good evening. Are you ready to order? Sarah: Yes, I think so. I'd like the pasta with tomato sauce, please. Waiter: Good choice. And for you, sir? Mike: I'll have the pizza with mushrooms. Waiter: Would you like anything to drink? Sarah: A glass of red wine for me, please. Mike: And I'll have a sparkling water. Waiter: Perfect. The food will be ready in about 15 minutes. Sarah: Thank you!

Vocabulary: Restaurant Words

6 items

Practice: Restaurant Sentences

Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

• Can I see the ____, please?
• Are you ready to ____?
• For ____, I'd like the soup.
• Would you like ____ after your meal?
• Can I have the ____, please?

Practice: Match Restaurant Phrases

Matching exercise, 5 items

• Are you ready to order?
• What would you like to drink?
• Would you like dessert?
• Can I have the bill?
• Was everything okay?

Dialogue: Order Your Meal

Role-play: You're ordering food at a restaurant (6 lines)

• Waiter: Good evening! Are you ready to order?
• You: Yes, I'd like the chicken with rice, please.
• Waiter: Good choice. And to drink?
• You: A glass of orange juice, please.
• Waiter: Would you like a starter?
• You: No, thank you. Just the main course.

Discussion: Your mission: the full menu

3 discussion questions

• Mission: order a complete meal: starter, main course, dessert, and drink. (Success = all four ordered with polite phrases — "I'd like…", "Could I have…" — plus one question about the menu. Tutor: play the waiter, and make one dish sold out.)
• Second take: the food is taking a long time. Call the waiter over and ask about your order — politely.
• Compare this with your first try at the start of the lesson. Which phrase will you use at a real restaurant — and describe a good restaurant experience you had.