Spanish Phrases - Ordering in a Restaurant/ Haciendo Pedidos en un Restaurante
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TYPES OF RESTAURANTS / TIPOS DE RESTAURANTES
- una fonda - a restaurant specializing in home cooking, usually in someone's house
- una loncheria - restaurant open only for lunch
- una marisqueria - seafood restaurant
- un puesto de tacos - a taco stand
- una taqueria - restaurant that sells tacos exclusively
TYPES OF MEALS / TIPOS DE COMIDAS
- Breakfast - el desayuno
- Lunch - la comida / el almuerzo
- Dinner - la cena
- Appetizer - un antojito
- Soup - una sopa
- Salad - una ensalada
- Entre - una entrada
- Dessert - un postre
TYPES OF DRINKS / TIPAS DE BEBIDAS
- alcohol - un licor; un vino; una bebida alcoholica
- beer - una cerveza
- drinking water, bottled water - agua natural; agua embotellada
- juice - un jugo
- lemonade - una limonada
- variety of fruit juices blended with water - una agua de frutas; una agua fresca
- mineral water - agua mineral
- soft drink - un refresco; una soda; una coca
- wine (white) - un vino blanco
- wine (red) - un vino tinto
IN A RESTAURANT / ADENTRO DE UN RESTAURANTE
- Check, please. - La cuenta, por favor.
- I would like to see the menu, please. - Quiero ver la carta, por favor.
- I would like to make a reservation. - Quiero hacer una reservación.
- I want a table in the non-smoking area. - Quiero una mesa en la área de no fumar.
- Do you have a highchair? - Tienen una silla alta?
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