In the Restaurant

Restaurant A has tastier food than Restaurant B. 

Restoran A da Restoran B den daha lezzetli yemekler vardır. 

This is the most beautiful food.

Çember is the cleanest restaurant in town.

Stuffed is the biggest hotel in this city. 

Good: better-the best

Bad: worse-the worst 

İstanbul has a new restaurant which is fun and different. It is one of the best authentic Italian restaurants in İstanbul. The quality is good, the atmosphere very sophisticated but homey. It is a family-run restaurant with very traditional checked table clothes. The price is reasonable for the quality you get. Deserts??? Out of this world. Open everyday from 12:00 to 22:00, except Mondays.

Customer
• I would like to reserve a table for 4.
• I would like to reserve a table for 4.
• I am calling to reserve a table for a party of 6 for tonight.
• Tomorrow night/This weekend/Next Monday/ On June 4th etc.
• I would like a table by the seaside please.
• We would prefer a quiet table.
• Is there a dress code?

Ordering at a Restaurant:
Customer
• Can/Could we see the menu?
• Can we have a couple more minutes?
• What would you recommend?
• Do you have any specials to recommend?
• What is (Ali Nazik) on the menu?
• I am a vegetarian.
• I would like to have soup for starters.
• I would like a stake.
• I’d like spaghetti.
• How long would it take?
• That will be all, thank you.
• Nothing else for me, thank you.

Customer
• May we have the check please?
• Can I have the check, please?
• Do you take credit cards?
• We would like to have separate checks, please.

• I have asked for a table by the seaside, why are we given this one in the
middle of the restaurant.
• This table is very noisy. We would prefer a quiet corner please.
• The table is too close to the kitchen (toilets).
• Sorry, my soup is very cold.
• Excuse me, but we have ordered our food half an hour ago.
• I did not want pilav with my meat but ordered potatoes.
• Waiter, my meat is undercooked.

• Please wait to be seated
• Reserved
• Service included
• Service not included
• Special of the day

• Starters or Meze/ Appetizers
• Soups
• Salads
• Entrees
• Drinks
Dessert menu comes separately.

Buffet is a restaurant where the customers serve themselves-self service. They can choose their food from a buffet which has different kinds of food. The customers may pay a fix price for all the food they eat.

Drive-Thru is a type of restaurant or eatery that serves food to its customers in their cars so that they can drive away quickly. It is a kind of fast food organization.

Chuck wagon is a unique type of a small restaurant. Chuck wagons were used to carry food on the train in the United States. They serve western type of big breakfasts, lunches or dinners.

Drive-In is a US invention. The customers sit in their cars and order their meals.

Delicatessen restaurant means fine food in its word meaning. The organizations that sell specially prepared food are called delicatessens. Most delicatessens sell cold meats, cheese and dishes like potato salad.

Concession Stand is the name given to a place where customers can buy simple foods like ice cream, hotdogs and simple drinks at the cinema, stadium or fairs.

Revolving Restaurant is a restaurant that turns around 360 degrees. Customers get a panoramic view. They are located at the top of very high buildings.

Steakhouse is a restaurant that serves meat and specializes in meat. They usually become specialized in steak. They are very much like Turkish ‘Kebapçı’.

Trattoria is informal Italian restaurant that serves Italian food in a cozy, homey atmosphere.

Dress code rules that tells us how we should dress when we go to a place Casual comfortable clothes that can be worn in informal situations, formal conservative style clothes worn in official situations.