French Restaurant Vocabulary and Phrases

Restaurant Vocabulary and Phrases in French

Is this a *trouba* restaurant? (Note: *trouba* is not a standard French word. Did you mean a specific type of restaurant?)
Do you know a good restaurant?
Do you know a restaurant with a large/upscale kitchen?
Do you know a restaurant that serves dishes of the day?
Do you know a restaurant that serves typical French dishes?
Do you know a good Chinese/Moroccan/vegetarian restaurant?
Where is it possible to eat well?
Where is it possible to eat cheaply/inexpensively?
I would like to reserve a table for two people at 9:00 PM, please. (*Je voudrais réserver une table pour deux personnes à 21h00, s’il vous plaît.*)
Is there access for disabled people?
I have a reservation for 2 people. (*J’ai une réservation pour 2 personnes.*)

Excuse me, sir/madam! (*Monsieur/Madame, s’il vous plaît !*)
Can we have the menu, please? (*La carte, s’il vous plaît ?*)
Do you have a menu in Spanish?
What do you recommend? (*Qu’est-ce que vous conseillez ?*)
Recommend something to us, a specialty.
What is the specialty of the house? (*Quelle est la spécialité de la maison ?*)
What wine do you recommend? (*Quel vin me/nous conseillez-vous ?*)
Bring me/us the regional wine.
Waiter, please serve us an aperitif.
Do you have vegetarian dishes?
I want something light.
I want something without sauce/without pepper/without spice/without cream/without cheese.
What kind of cheese do you have?
What do you recommend I/we have?
I like fish/meat.
I’ll take/I’ll have a salad.
To carry, a salad and a dish, I’ll take the chicken.
For starters, I’d like a soup.
As a main course, I would like a tournedos/anglerfish. (*Comme plat, je voudrais un tournedos/de la lotte.*)
For dessert, I’d like chocolate/coffee/vanilla/pistachio ice cream.
As a drink, I would like water/red wine/Coca-Cola. (*Comme boisson, je voudrais de l’eau/du vin rouge/du Coca-Cola.*)
What is the stew? (*Le ragoût, qu’est-ce que c’est ?*)
Is it a cold dish? (*C’est un plat froid ?*)
Is it a hot dish? (*C’est un plat chaud ?*)
Is it a spicy dish? (*C’est un plat épicé ?*)
Is it a heavy dish?
Is it a light meal?
Is it rich? (*C’est riche ?*)
My meat, I like it blue/rare/medium/well done. (*Ma viande, je l’aime bleue/saignante/à point/bien cuite.*)

Enough, thank you, that will be fine.
It is perfect like that.
It’s good/very good/excellent. (*C’est bon/très bon/excellent.*)
I like it a lot. (*J’aime beaucoup.*)
I’m sorry, I don’t like it.
It is not good.
Excuse me, this fish is not fresh.
My meat is overcooked; I had requested it rare/blue.
I found my meat a little too rare; could you cook it a little longer?
This is not salty enough.
There is too much salt.
Can I have salt/pepper/vinegar?
It’s too sweet.
We’ve been waiting for an hour. (*Cela fait une heure qu’on attend.*)
I’d like another bottle of wine/water.
I asked you for scallops, and you have served mussels. (*Je vous ai demandé des coquilles Saint-Jacques et vous avez servi des moules.*)
Excuse me, this attitude is not clean! (Probably means: *Excuse me, this is not clean*)
Excuse me, this meat is not fresh!
Excuse me, this wine is not good; it is acidic/sour!
Excuse me, this has turned bad. (referring to something like milk)
Excuse me, this yogurt is outdated.
I’d like a glass/plate, please.
I knocked over my fork/spoon; could you change it for me?
This glass is not clean; could you give me another one?