[Scene: The restaurant]
- Opening
Clerk: How are you doing tonight (tonight everybody okay?)?
A door to the restaurant usually get greeting phrase, then simply add a reply smile can handle that.
DaLiang: Good / We're doing great, you can also add that back and you?
- Usually staff will continue to ask (to eat here or buy take-away?)
店员：For here or to go?
If there is a vegetarian restaurant or take-out service restaurant will ask you to eat here or take away, then just return for here (dine in the restaurant) or to go (take away), followed by a "please" like .
Clerk:? How many people in your party (a total of how many people?)
party here refers not to take you lying open, but you ask a group of people in the end the number is much, just answer "a table for X please" like, X represents the exact number.
DaLiang: 2 (2 people).
Clerk: Follow me (usually followed by the clerk seated on it, if more people, the clerk will explain later on need wait a minute).
- A drink
after seated, the staff will first ask what drinks do you? If the waiter to ask if you are ready to order
Clerk: the Do you want something to. Drink.?
Daliang: Hot Water, Please (a cup of hot water right)
- order
Clerk: Are we ready to order (ready to order yet?)?
But you still entangled what to eat, you can answer "We need a few more minutes to decide" ( We need a little more time to decide).
DaLiang: I would like to order xxx, please (if not speak English, can be used directly on the finger food menu says "I want this").
Clerk: Anything else I can get you (what else needs it?)?
When the waiter asks if you need anything, you can simply return a nothing now needed.
DaLiang: I am Good, That's it for now (what is not needed for the time being)
- Dine
After a while you dine, the waiter will usually come to ask you whether to taste satisfaction. Unless you are not satisfied and want special comments, we will generally polite reply to a delicious meal.
Clerk: How is everything tasting so far (meals taste satisfied with it?)?
Daliang: Everything IS Tasting Great.
- Bill, please
When you want to foot the bill and the waiter said direct "check please" (pay) like (remember to tip). Needs to be packaged, then you can plus a "Can I get some to go boxes please (you can package it)?"
Tips:
American restaurants, traditional tip, the staff of the US service sector, in many cases take only the legal minimum wage (some even without pay), so tipping is their main source of income.
Calculating a tip of two ways, first as a percentage of the bill, and second, to develop its own restaurant; more if the number of diners, the restaurant may be directly added to the bill.
According to the restaurant category, how much to tip can refer to the following criteria:
Fast-food restaurant or take-away: there is no table service, you receive food, own the empty plate to throw the trash, not to the tip. If you really like this restaurant, you can volunteer to the point, a twice.
Buffet: There waiter Tim beverages, closing the child, to help move children chair, to 10% -15%.
General Restaurant: such as Red Lobster, Olive Garden this kind, there are a la carte waiter, room, closing, etc., lunch is generally 15% to 18%, dinner 18% -20%.
Fine dining: the need to wear a suit to dinner that at least 20%.
15% single-point knife drinks 1-2 / cup, or the bill: the bar.
Takeaway: 10% -20%, if the weather is bad, I would like him to point, take-away brother very hard.
For the convenience of customers, many restaurants will be prompted to tip on the bill amount, 15% is how much, how much is 18%, 20% is how much, it does not mean you have to give 15%, 18% or 20% in this range any amount can accept.
