Restaurant Politeness Training 6

Vocabulary in context

Restaurant service at its best is a kind of choreography — everyone moving, timing things precisely, reading the room, and communicating without making it obvious they're communicating. The language this exercise practises is the verbal part of that choreography: the phrases that keep a table feeling looked after without hovering, that address a problem before the guest has to raise it, and that deliver information — about wait times, about dishes, about the bill — in a way that lands smoothly rather than awkwardly. Good restaurant English sounds effortless. That's exactly why it takes practice — and why this exercise exists.