How to Say ‘Are you ready to order?’ in Japanese
ご注文はお決まりでしょうか。
go chuumon wa o kimari deshou ka
[go choo-dehn wah oh kee-MAH-ree deshou kah]
💬 Usage Tip: The は here is said (wa), not (ha).
🇯🇵 In Japan: This is the standard, very polite line staff use when they come to take your order. If you're not ready, もう少し待ってください "please wait a little longer" is a perfectly normal reply.
Phrase Breakdown
ご注文は
go chuumon wa
your order (topic)
ご is a polite prefix, 注文 (chuumon) means 'order', and は marks the topic. Say it 'go-chuu-mon-wa' with a long 'uu'.
ご注文は以上でよろしいですか。
Will that be all for your order?
Words in this phrase
ご
go
[go]
honorific prefix
A prefix added to words to show respect.
ご出発はいつですか？
When is your departure?
注文
chuumon
[choo-dehn]
Order
To request items in a restaurant or store.
コーヒーを注文します。
I will order a coffee.
は
wa
[wah]
topic marker
は marks the topic of the sentence.
空席はありますか。
Are there any seats available?
お決まりでしょうか。
o kimari deshou ka
have you decided?
This is a polite form of 決まる (to be decided). でしょうか makes the question soft and polite. Waiters use it often.
お飲み物はお決まりでしょうか。
Have you decided on your drink?
Words in this phrase
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix
お adds politeness to certain words and expressions.
チケットを二枚お願いします。
Two tickets, please.
決まり
kimari
[kee-MAH-ree]
decision; decided
Noun form of the verb 'to be decided'; with the prefix o- it politely asks if someone has decided.
メニューはお決まりですか。
Have you decided on the menu?
でしょう
deshou
[deshou]
would it be; is it
A polite expression used to soften a question or confirmation.
何名様でしょうか。
How many guests will there be?
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
A席はありますか。
Are there A seats available?
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