Maltalingua School of English Blog

Everybody enjoys a good meal in a nice restaurant. Especially when we’re on holiday! These are some common words that we can use at a restaurant:

1. Menu – a list of the food and drinks with the prices (it shows you what you can order)
2. Chef – this person cooks your food (not a cooker!)
3. Dish – food that is cooked / prepared in a special way
4. Bill – the piece of paper with all the food and drink you ordered (you pay this after)
5. Order – ask for food and drink (you tell this to the waiter / waitress)
6. Tip – extra money for the service
7. Waiter / waitress – he/she brings you the food and drink

Now try the quiz. Fill in the blanks with restaurant vocabulary.

1.

This restaurant has a very good salad ______________.

 dish

 bill

 waiter

2.

The ______________ has some very good choices, especially in the ‘Starters’.

 tip

 order

 menu

3.

How much should I ______________ the waiter? Is it 10% or 15%?

 chef

 tip

 dish

4.

The ______________ was very smartly-dressed.

 bill

 menu

 waitress

5.

The waiter said, “Are you ready to ______________?”

 order

 tip

 chef

6.

We have a new ______________. He is from Malta, but he used to cook for the Queen!

 dish

 chef

 order

7.

The waiter said, “Can I get you anything else? A coffee?”
I replied, “No, thank you. Just the ______________, please.”

 bill

 tip

 waiter

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If you want to learn some shopping vocabulary try this lesson.

What was you score? Leave a comment to let us know. And if you have any questions about restaurant vocabulary you can ask them in the comments too!