Reserving a Restaurant Table — Spanish Reading (A1)
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Reservar una mesa
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This article describes dining at a Spanish restaurant from choosing a table to paying the bill. Level A1 — suitable for beginners learning Spanish. You will learn 15 words about restaurants (restaurante, mesa, menú, comida, camarera, cuenta, propina), the ordering process, and restaurant etiquette.
Me gusta cenar en restaurantes cuando viajo. Ayer fui a un restaurante típico español. La comida era deliciosa.
Llegar al restaurante
Entré por la puerta principal. Una camarera sonriente me dijo buenas tardes. Me mostró las mesas disponibles.
Elegir la mesa
Había mesas cerca de la ventana. También había mesas en el centro del salón. Preferí sentarme junto a la ventana.
El menú del día
La camarera me trajo el menú. Ofrecían menú del día por doce euros. Incluía primer plato, segundo plato y postre.
Pedir la comida
De primero pedí una ensalada mixta. De segundo elegí pollo asado con patatas. Para beber, un vaso de agua fresca.
Esperar la comida
Mientras esperaba, miré la decoración del local. Había cuadros antiguos en las paredes. También sonaba música suave.
Pagar la cuenta
Después de comer, pedí la cuenta. La camarera fue muy amable durante toda la cena. Dejé una propina pequeña en la mesa.
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What you'll learn
15 restaurant words, ordering process, restaurant etiquette
This article describes dining at a Spanish restaurant from choosing a table to paying the bill. Level A1 — suitable for beginners learning Spanish. You will learn 15 words about restaurants (restaurante, mesa, menú, comida, camarera, cuenta, propina), the ordering process, and restaurant etiquette.
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Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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cenar en restaurantes
newto dine in restaurants
Use cenar en restaurantes for eating dinner out, not at home.
Helpful for travel and restaurant talk.
cuando viajo
newwhen I travel
Cuando viajo gives the time or situation for an action.
Useful for saying what you do during trips.
por la puerta principal
newthrough the main door
Por la puerta principal explains the way you enter a place.
Useful in hotels, restaurants, and buildings.
menú del día
newmenu of the day
Menú del día is a fixed daily meal offer in a restaurant.
Very common on Spanish restaurant signs and menus.
Para beber
newto drink
Para beber introduces the drink part of an order.
Useful when ordering water, coffee, or juice.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Waitress
camarera
waitress
Camarera names the woman serving customers in a restaurant.
Useful for asking or talking about restaurant service.
Available
disponibles
available
Disponibles describes tables that can be used now.
Useful when choosing seats or rooms.
Bill
cuenta
bill
Cuenta is the bill you ask for after eating.
Essential word for paying in a restaurant.
Tip
propina
tip
Propina is extra money left for good service.
Useful for restaurant etiquette.
Soft / gentle
suave
soft / gentle
Suave describes music that is calm and not loud.
Useful for describing sounds and atmosphere.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Me gusta + infinitive
Me gusta cenar
I like to dine
Me gusta cenar uses gusta before an action in infinitive.
A common way to say what you like doing.
Había for existence
Había mesas
there were tables
Había mesas says that tables existed in that place.
Useful for describing what there was in a room.
Feminine agreement
La comida era deliciosa
the food was delicious
Deliciosa matches la comida because comida is feminine singular.
Helps notice adjective agreement in simple sentences.
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