How to Say ‘Are you ready to order?’ in Japanese
ご注文はお決まりですか？
go chuumon wa o kimari desu ka
[go choo-dehn wah oh kee-MAH-ree dess kah]
💬 Usage Tip: は here is said (wa), not (ha). The extra ご and お on 注文 "order" and 決まり "decided" are polite add-ons that staff put on the customer's things.
Phrase Breakdown
ご注文は
go chuumon wa
your order (topic)
Polite ご + 注文 (chuumon, order) + topic particle は, read 'wa'. Say 'go-chuu-mon-wa' and hold the long 'uu'.
ご注文は以上ですか？
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?
お決まりですか？
o kimari desu ka
has it been decided?
Polite お + 決まり (kimari, decision) + ですか. Staff use it to ask if you're ready. Raise your pitch at the end.
お席はお決まりですか？
Have you decided on a seat?
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]
decided; settled
Noun form of 決まる (to be decided); with お and です it politely asks if something is decided.
メニューはお決まりですか？
Have you decided on the menu?
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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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