Restaurant reservations Part 2: Inquiring about parking or valet services.
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Key Phrases
Ich möchte einen Tisch für Samstag reservieren.
I would like to reserve a table for Saturday.
Für vier Personen, bitte. Um 19 Uhr.
For four people, please. At 7 pm.
Gibt es bei Ihnen Parkplätze oder einen Valet-Service?
Do you have parking spaces, or a valet service?
Skills You'll Learn
Making a restaurant reservation for a specific day, number of people, and time.
Eine Restaurantreservierung für einen bestimmten Tag, eine Personenzahl und eine Uhrzeit machen.
Asking follow-up questions politely during a reservation conversation.
Höflich Anschlussfragen während eines Reservierungsgesprächs stellen.
Asking about parking options and whether parking is free for guests.
Nach Parkmöglichkeiten fragen und klären, ob das Parken für Gäste kostenlos ist.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are calling a restaurant in Germany to reserve a table for Saturday evening and ask about parking options for guests.
Guten Abend, ich möchte einen Tisch für Samstag reservieren.
Good evening, I would like to reserve a table for Saturday.
Gern, für wie viele Personen ist der Tisch?
Of course, for how many people is the table?
Für vier Personen, bitte.
For four people, please.
Sehr gern. Um wie viel Uhr möchten Sie kommen?
Certainly. What time would you like to come?
Um 19 Uhr. Ich habe noch eine Frage zum Parken.
At 7 pm. I have one more question about parking.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten
GOO-ten
Good
Abend
AH-bent
Evening
Guten Abend.
GOO-ten AH-bent
Good evening.
🇩🇪 [Guten Abend] is a normal polite opener when you arrive or start the call in the evening. In a reservation call, it sounds more natural than jumping straight into your request.
See breakdown →Ich möchte
ikh MURKHT-uh
I would like
💬 [möchte] is a softer, more polite way to say what you want than plain [will]. You can reuse the pattern with another verb at the end: [Ich möchte fragen] or [Ich möchte reservieren].
See breakdown →Einen Tisch
EYE-nen tish
A table
Reservieren
reh-zair-VEE-ren
To reserve
Ich möchte einen Tisch reservieren.
ikh MURKHT-uh EYE-nen tish reh-zair-VEE-ren
I would like to reserve a table.
💬 With [möchte], the second verb stays in its basic form at the end: [Ich möchte einen Tisch reservieren]. Same pattern: [Ich möchte einen Parkplatz fragen] would be wrong, but [Ich möchte nach einem Parkplatz fragen] keeps [fragen] at the end.
See breakdown →Für
fyoor
For
Samstag
ZAHMS-tahk
Saturday
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