May 11, 2025

Spanish speaking practice: Conversation at a restaurant - Ordering food - Improve your Spanish fluency with this step by step speaking drill

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In today’s episode we’re going to practise ordering food in Spanish in a restaurant. You’re in a lovely restaurant and you want to order food for two of you. I’ll be your waitress.

¿Qué van a tomar?

What are you going to have?

¿Qué van a tomar?

And this is your line: As a starter, two salads.

Can you say that in Spanish?: As a starter, two salads.

As a starter is: De primero, de primero.

And salad is: ensalada, ensalada.

So ‘As a starter, two salads’ is: De primero, dos ensaladas. - De primero, dos ensaladas.

Did you get that right?: De primero, dos ensaladas.

Now it’s my turn: And for the main course?

¿Y de segundo?

¿Y de segundo?

Your line is: A steak with roast potatoes and a burger with French fries.

How would you say: A steak with roast potatoes.

A steak is: un filete, un filete

And what about roast potatoes?: patatas asadas, patatas asadas

So ‘A steak with roast potatoes’ is:

Un filete con patatas asadas - Un filete con patatas asadas

and a burger with French fries.

How do you say that in Spanish?: and a burger with French fries.

A burger is: una hamburguesa, una hamburguesa

And French fries are: patatas fritas, patatas fritas.

A burger with French fries is: una hamburguesa con patatas fritas. - una hamburguesa con patatas fritas.

So ‘A steak with roast potatoes and a burger with French fries’ is: Un filete con patatas asadas y una hamburguesa con patatas fritas. - Un filete con patatas asadas y una hamburguesa con patatas fritas.

My next line is:

¿Y de beber?

And to drink?

¿Y de beber?

Your line is: A bottle of red house wine and sparkling mineral water.

How do you say?: A bottle of red house wine

A bottle is: una botella, una botella

And red house wine, how do you say?: red house wine

Vino tinto de la casa, vino tinto de la casa

A bottle of red house wine is:

Una botella de vino tinto de la casa - Una botella de vino tinto de la casa

And what about?: sparkling mineral water.

Mineral water is: agua mineral, agua mineral

And what about sparkling?:

Sparkling is: con gas, con gas

sparkling mineral water is: agua mineral con gas. - agua mineral con gas.

so ‘A bottle of red house wine and sparkling mineral water’ is:

Una botella de vino tinto de la casa y agua mineral con gas.

Let’s say the whole conversation together. Make sure you say all the lines out loud just a split second behind me. Imitate my pronunciation and intonation as much as you can. Here’s the conversation:

¿Qué van a tomar?

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