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Ordering at a Restaurant

John is on his lunch break at work. He decides to go to the café for lunch…


Waiter: Good afternoon, are you ready to order?


John: Yes, I’ll have the chicken salad sandwich… and some chips with that too, please.


Waiter: No problem, and what would you like to drink?


John: I’d like a bottle of water, please.


Waiter: Would you like sparkling or still?


John: Still, please.


Waiter: Would you like anything else? A dessert?


John: Mm… I’m tempted! Let me have a look… What would you recommend?


Waiter: The chocolate fudge brownie with ice-cream is my favourite. The Belgian waffles with salted caramel sauce are amazing too!


John: Mm… I’ll try chocolate fudge brownie with ice-cream, please.

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Ordering at a Restaurant

PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verb
Meaning
Example sentence
Categories
To come across something

To find something

unexpectedly.



He came across a

nice, little

restaurant while he

was walking

through the town.



Entertainment and Food
To check out

  1. To prove information or facts are true.

  2. To check out of a hotel



  1. You should check out the latest Harry Potter book – it’s amazing!

  2. He checked out at 11am this morning.

Entertainment and Food
To eat out

To eat in a

restaurant.



When I lived in

France, I used to

eat out every

weekend.



Entertainment and Food
To polish something off

To finish eating

food or doing work

quickly





  1. She polished off the whole pizza.

  2. He polished off two essays in one week.



Entertainment and Food
To snack on something

To eat small amounts of food between meals



If you eat breakfast

in the morning,

you’re less likely

to snack on

biscuits.



Entertainment and Food
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