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Do you feel nervous ordering food or drinks in a restaurant? Whether you're traveling abroad or dining out in your own city, this video will teach you essential phrases and tips to confidently order food and drinks in English! From asking for recommendations to making special requests, you'll learn everything you need to enjoy a seamless dining experience.
📌 What You’ll Learn:
How to greet the server and ask for a table.
Phrases to order food, drinks, and desserts.
How to ask about menu items and make special requests (e.g., dietary restrictions).
Polite ways to ask for the bill or clarify your order.
Cultural tips for dining out in English-speaking countries.
🎯 Who is this for?
Travelers visiting English-speaking countries.
English learners who want to improve their conversational skills.
Anyone who wants to feel more confident dining out in English.
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Hallo, wie geht's? In this lesson we're going to learn how to order food and drink in a restaurant.
Let's first listen to a short dialogue and we will hear the key phrases for this lesson.
You will have seen some of the phrases before in the lesson at the cafe.
Entschuldigung, bitte.
Was kann ich für Sie tun?
Wir möchten bitte bestellen.
Natürlich. Was möchten Sie?
Ich nehme den Steak mit Kartoffeln.
Ich nehme die Pizza mit Pommes.
Was möchten Sie trinken?
Ich möchte ein Glas Rotwein, bitte.
Ich möchte ein Glas Weißwein, bitte.
Let's first learn how to say you want to order.
Wir möchten bitte bestellen.
Wir möchten means we would like.
Bestellen means to order and bitte means please.
So this sentence means we would like to order please.
Let's go straight into a speaking practice. Listen and repeat.
Wir möchten bitte bestellen.
Great job, well done.
Now let's learn how to say what you will have.
Ich nehme den Steak mit Kartoffeln.
Nehmen means to take.
We saw this verb when we learned directions.
So ich nehme means I'll take or I'll have.
Steak is a cognate and Kartoffeln are potatoes.
You could also say ich möchte which means I would like to order food.
Here are some example sentences.
Ich nehme die Pizza mit Salat.
Ich nehme den Hamburger mit Pommes.
Pizza is a cognate and Salat is salad.
Hamburger is also a cognate and Pommes are chips or fries.
Let's now do a speaking practice of these sentences.
Ich nehme den Steak mit Kartoffeln.
Ich nehme die Pizza mit Salat.
Ich nehme den Hamburger mit Pommes.
Excellent job, well done.
Finally, let's learn how to say you'd like a glass of red or white wine.
Ich möchte ein Glas Rotwein bitte.
This time we have ich möchte meaning I would like.
Ein Glas means a glass and Rotwein is red wine.
So ein Glas Rotwein is a glass of red wine.
If you want to order white wine, you can say this.
Ich möchte ein Glas Weiswein bitte.
Weiswein is white wine.
Let's now do a speaking practice of these sentences.
Ich möchte ein Glas Rotwein bitte.
Great work, well done.
Let's listen to the dialogue again.
Entschuldigung, bitte.
Was kann ich für Sie tun?
Wir möchten bitte bestellen.
Natürlich, was möchten Sie?
Ich nehme den Steak mit Kartoffeln.
Ich nehme die Pizza mit Pommes.
Was möchten Sie trinken?
Ich möchte ein Glas Rotwein bitte.
Ich möchte ein Glas Weiswein bitte.
How would you say the following?
We would like to order, please.
Wir möchten bitte bestellen.
I'll have the steak with chips.
Ich nehme den Steak mit Pommes.
I'll have the pizza with vegetables.
Ich nehme die Pizza mit Gemüse.
I'd like a glass of white wine, please.
Ich möchte ein Glas Weiswein bitte.
Excellent job today, well done.
Today we have learnt how to order food and drink in a restaurant.
Do make sure to take the following speaking drill lesson for more speaking practice.
Tschüss!
