How to Say ‘This is Restaurant Minato.’ in Japanese
レストラン・ミナトでございます。
resutoran minato de gozai masu
[resutoran mee-NAH-toh deh goh-zah-ee mahs]
💬 Usage Tip: でございます is an extra-polite version of です "is". Staff use it when naming their business: ホテル・サクラでございます "This is Hotel Sakura".
🇯🇵 In Japan: This is how restaurants in Japan typically answer the phone. Hearing でございます tells you you've reached the right place, and you can launch straight into 予約をお願いしたいんですが "I'd like to make a reservation".
Phrase Breakdown
レストラン・
resutoran
Restaurant
This is a katakana loanword: 're-su-to-ra-n'. Keep each syllable even.
このレストランは人気です。
This restaurant is popular.
Words in this phrase
レストラン
resutoran
[resutoran]
Restaurant
A place where meals are prepared and served to customers.
『レストラン』で夕食を食べました。
I had dinner at the restaurant.
ミナトでございます。
minato de gozai masu
this is Minato (polite)
でございます (de gozaimasu) is a very polite form of です. Staff use it when they answer the phone.
受付でございます。
This is the reception desk.
Words in this phrase
ミナト
minato
[mee-NAH-toh]
Minato (name)
A proper name; here the restaurant's name. As a word it means 'harbor'.
ミナトさんに会いました。
I met Mr. Minato.
で
de
[deh]
is (part of でございます)
Copula form で, combined with ございます to make a very polite 'is'.
こちらが受付でございます。
This is the reception.
ござい
gozai
[goh-zah-ee]
to be; to exist (polite part of expression)
A polite verb stem used in set phrases like greetings to sound respectful.
あいさつでは、ございをていねいに言います。
In greetings, you say gozai politely.
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
A standard polite ending added to verbs, often used in customer service and formal speech.
予約を確認し ます。
I will confirm the reservation.
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