At the Restaurant

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

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Food and drink

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

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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?

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Restaurant vocabulary 1

Part A: Explain the difference 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?

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Practice and answers

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

Role play 1

Role play 2

Role play 3

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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