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How to Say ‘The restaurant was awesome.’ in French

Le resto était top.

luh res-TOH ay-TAY tohp

[luh res-TOH ay-TAY tohp]

💬 Usage Tip: In casual French, top works as a describing word that means great, and it never changes form. You can say la soirée était top too.

Phrase Breakdown

Le resto

luh res-TOH

The restaurant

'Resto' is a casual short form of 'restaurant'. Say 'luh res-toh'.

Example

Le resto est près d'ici.

The restaurant is near here.

Words in this phrase

[luh]

the

Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.

Example

Le chat noir.

The black cat.

resto

[res-TOH]

restaurant

Casual, informal short form of 'restaurant'.

Example

On va au resto ce soir ?

Shall we go to a restaurant tonight?

était top.

ay-TAY tohp

was great.

'Top' is slang for excellent. Say 'ay-teh top'.

Example

Le concert était top.

The concert was great.

Words in this phrase

était

[ay-TAY]

was

Imperfect form of 'être' meaning 'was' or 'used to be.'

Example

C'était un moment agréable pour parler de nos projets.

It was a pleasant moment to talk about our projects.

top

[tohp]

great

Informal adjective meaning excellent.

Example

Ton exposé était top !

Your presentation was great!

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