A fun lesson for beginner ESL students to learn grammar, vocabulary, and expressions about ordering food at a restaurant. Watch the ESL video about how to order food in a restaurant and use the ESL Printable and Digital storytelling flashcards to retell the story and practice using new vocabulary and expressions to order food in a restaurant. Get the downloadable worksheets, ESL printable and digital flashcards, ESL listening and reading exercises, and gamify lessons with badges and stamps.
Warm Up Questions
- How often do you eat out?
- What kinds of restaurants do you like to eat out at?
- What’s your favorite kind of food?
- What do you think about tipping?
- What’s your favorite restaurant?
Watch the following YouTube video:
Listening Questions
- What do they order first?
- What kind of wine do they order?
- What appetizers do they order?
- What is the waiter’s favorite appetizer?
- How do they order the chicken wings?
- Are they ready to order their main entrees?
- What else do they order to drink?
- What will the server be right back with?
ESL Printable and Digital Flashcards to Order Food in a Restaurant
Use the following ESL printable flashcards to make small talk about eating at a restaurant.
Matching Vocabulary to Order Food in a Restaurant
Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.
| 1. choice |
| 2. appetizer |
| 3. kind |
| 4. favorite |
| 5. ready |
| 6. order |
| a. a type of something |
| b. best liked or most enjoyed |
| c. prepared to do something |
| d. to request something |
| e. an act of choosing between two or more options |
| f. a small dish of food eaten before the main meal |
Listening Transcripts to Order Food in a Restaurant
Tony: Excuse me.
Waiter: Yes, may I take your order?
Tony: Yes, we would like to start out with a bottle of wine.
Waiter: Okay, what kind would you like?
Tony: Can we have a bottle of your Chilean Cabernet?
Waiter: Yes sir. And can I get you an appetizer to start?
Tony: Yes please! Can we have some calamari and an order of chicken wings?
Waiter: Great choice. The calamari is my favorite. How would you like your wings? Hot, medium or mild?
Tony: Hot please!
Waiter: Are you ready to order your main entrée?
Tony: No, not yet. We need a few more minutes.
Waiter: Okay, can I get you anything else?
Tony: Yes, can we have two glasses of ice water?
Waiter: No problem. I will be right back with your wine and your ice waters.
Tony: Thank you very much.
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