Dave

8 feb 20231 min

At the Restaurant

Common words and expressions for describing food and drink, restaurant service, and parts of meals.

Food and drink

How many types of meat/fish/seafood, fruit/vegetable, and cooking methods do you know?

Warm up

Look at the images and answer the questions below.

  1. How often do you visit restaurants? Who do you go with?

  2. When did you last go to a restaurant? How was your experience?

  3. What is your favourite food?

Restaurant vocabulary 1

Part A: Explain the diļ¬€erence between the following words

  1. a bill and a check?

  2. a cook and a chef?

  3. a service charge and a tip?

  4. a starter and an appetiser

  5. a main course and a side dish

  6. eat in and eat out?

Practice and answers

Part B: Work with a partner. Take turns to be waiter/waitress and customer.

Role play 1

Role play 2

Role play 3

Role play

Part A: You have been given an opportunity to create a menu for a famous restaurant.

Prepare a menu to share with your guests including:

  • three starters, three main courses, and three desserts

  • some side dishes

  • allergy information

  • if any dishes are suitable for vegetarians or vegans

  • payment information (e.g. is a service charge included)

Part B: Work in groups of three.

Take it in turns to present your menu to the other two people in the group (who will be your guests).

Ordering

After the meal

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