A fun lesson for beginner ESL students to learn modal verbs, polite English, common food and restaurant vocabulary, and expressions about ordering your main entrée at a restaurant. Learn natural expressions to order food, make choices and ask for suggestions when ordering in a restaurant. Watch the ESL video about how to order food in a restaurant and use the ESL Printable and Digital storytelling flashcards to practice using modal verbs, new vocabulary, and expressions. Get the printable worksheets, ESL printable and digital flashcards, ESL listening and reading exercises, and gamify lessons with badges and stamps.
Warm Up Questions
- Do you prefer soup or salad? Why?
- How to you like your meat cooked?
- How often do you eat steak?
- What kind of appetizers do you like?
- What do you like to drink with your meal?
ESL Listening Ordering in a Restaurant
Watch the following YouTube video:
ESL Listening Questions on Ordering in a Restaurant
- Are they satisfied with the wine and appetizers?
- What does Bobby order?
- How does he order his steak?
- What does he order with his steak?
- What kinds of dressing does he offer him?
- What kind of dressing does he choose?
- What sides does he offer him?
- What side does he choose?
- What does Tony order?
- Does he order baked or fried fish?
- What kind of soup does Tony choose?
ESL Printable and Digital Flashcards to Order Food at a Restaurant
Use the following ESL printable flashcards to talk about what kind of food you prefer.
Matching – Vocabulary to Order in a Restaurant
Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.
| 1. fantastic |
| 2. rare |
| 3. recommend |
| 4. main |
| 5. baked |
| 6. fried |
| a. more important than others |
| b. to suggest that something is good or better than other choices |
| c. cooked by dry heat in an oven |
| d. wonderful; excellent |
| e. cooked in hot fat or oil |
| f. cooked very little |
ESL Conversation Ordering in a Restaurant
Waiter: Is everything okay here?
Bobby: Yes, the wine and the appetizers are fantastic.
Waiter: I’m very happy to hear that. Are you ready to order your main entrees?
Bobby: Yes, I’m going to have the sirloin steak.
Waiter: Okay, and how would you like it cooked?
Bobby: Ah, medium rare please.
Waiter: And would you like soup or salad with that?
Bobby: Ah, I’ll take the salad.
Waiter: What kind of dressing would you like? We have Italian, blue cheese and Ranch.
Bobby: I’ll have Italian.
Waiter: And you have your choice of potatoes or vegetables.
Bobby: I’ll take a baked potato with sour cream.
Waiter: And for you sir?
Tony: I’ll have the fish of the day.
Waiter: Okay would you like it baked or fried?
Tony: What do you recommend?
Waiter: I recommend the baked fish with the lemon sauce.
Tony: Okay, I’ll take that.
Waiter: And would you like soup or salad?
Tony: What kind of soup do you have?
Waiter: We have cream of broccoli or onion soup.
Tony: I’ll have the cream of broccoli please.
Waiter: Okay, coming right up.
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