🍕 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. 🌎

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