Food Service Functional Language?

Question

Hi.

Can you guys help me? I need to know tons of functional phrases for the food service industry (sit down restaurant). What do Latin American waiters and waitresses have to say on a daily basis?

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

If I were you, probably what I would do is learn the names of the types of food you would be serving, which obviously depends on the type of restaurant, some basic words like "bill/tab", "dishes" "dinner", "dessert", etc. and phrases like "Would you like...?" "I recommend..." "It comes with..." that you might need to use in a situation like that. Just think of what the waiter/waitress said last time you went to a nicer restaurant...what did s/he ask you? What kinds of things did you say to him/her? And learn the words/phrases in Spanish for those things.

Also, there's no substitute for a good working knowledge of the language as a whole. You never know what kinds of situations might arise in any field of work, and you want to be able to communicate well in any situation that might arise, especially if you're moving to a foreign country.