🍕 Pizza & Restaurant
Gustavo Camilo📚 Lesson 2
🟢 Level: Beginner (A1–A2)
⏱️ Time: 5 minutes
🇮🇹 Italian translation included
🍕 Learn English while enjoying your meal.
🇬🇧 Imagine this…
You’re having dinner in a beautiful restaurant in Milan.
You open the menu, the waiter approaches your table and asks:
🇬🇧 Are you ready to order?
🇮🇹 Sei pronto per ordinare?
What would you say?
Let’s practice together! 🍕
📚 Today’s restaurant vocabulary
🍕 Menu
🇬🇧 A list of food and drinks available in a restaurant.
🇮🇹 L’elenco dei cibi e delle bevande disponibili in un ristorante.
🍽️ Dish
🇬🇧 A prepared meal served to a customer.
🇮🇹 Una pietanza preparata e servita al cliente.
🧾 Bill
🇬🇧 A document that shows how much you need to pay.
🇮🇹 Il conto da pagare.
🥗 Starter
🇬🇧 The first course of a meal.
🇮🇹 L’antipasto.
🍰 Dessert
🇬🇧 A sweet course served at the end of a meal.
🇮🇹 Il dolce.
🗣️ Useful expressions
🍕 Ordering food
🇬🇧 I’d like a Margherita pizza, please.
🇮🇹 Vorrei una pizza Margherita, per favore.
🇬🇧 Could we have the menu, please?
🇮🇹 Potremmo avere il menù, per favore?
🇬🇧 Can I get the bill, please?
🇮🇹 Posso avere il conto, per favore?
💡 Restaurant culture
Did you know? 🤔
In many English-speaking countries, customers often ask for recommendations.
Instead of simply choosing a dish, you can say:
🇬🇧 What do you recommend?
🇮🇹 Cosa mi consiglia?
This expression is very common and sounds natural and friendly. 😊
🎭 Real-life conversation
👨 Customer:
🇬🇧 Good evening. Could we have the menu, please?
🇮🇹 Buonasera. Potremmo avere il menù, per favore?
👩 Waiter:
🇬🇧 Of course. Are you ready to order?
🇮🇹 Certamente. Siete pronti per ordinare?
👨 Customer:
🇬🇧 I’d like a Margherita pizza and a bottle of water.
🇮🇹 Vorrei una pizza Margherita e una bottiglia d’acqua.
👩 Waiter:
🇬🇧 Excellent choice.
🇮🇹 Ottima scelta.
🎯 Your 30-second challenge
How would you order these items?
🍕 A pizza
🥗 A salad
🍰 A dessert
Try to say your sentences out loud.
🗣️ Remember: speaking is the best way to build confidence.
⭐ Expression of the day
🇬🇧 Could we have the menu, please?
🇮🇹 Potremmo avere il menù, per favore?
You’ll use this expression in restaurants all over the world. 🌎
