Restaurant reservations Part 2: Inquiring about parking or valet services.

🇯🇵 [すみません] is the standard way to get a staff member's attention in Japan; it's more natural than a direct [ねえ] or just starting your question. In restaurants it can also soften what comes next, like asking about parking.

💬 [したいです] attaches to the plain verb stem to say what you want to do: [予約をしたいです], [確認したいです]. It's softer and more natural in service situations than a blunt [したい].

💬 With [〜をしたいです], put the thing you want to do before [を]: [予約をしたいです], [変更をしたいです]. In conversation, this often works like a polite "I'd like to …" rather than a strong "I want to …".

🇯🇵 [かしこまりました] is very polite customer-service language, so you'll hear it from staff more than you'll say it yourself. A customer would usually answer with something simpler like [はい] or [お願いします].

💬 [名] is a people counter used in polite settings, so restaurants often ask [何名様] instead of the more everyday [何人]. You can answer in the same style with [2名です] or [4名です].

💬 [でしょうか] makes a question softer and more polite than plain [ですか]. You'll hear it a lot from staff: [お名前は何でしょうか], [何時でしょうか].

💬 [何名様でしょうか] is a very polite way to ask number of guests. [様] adds respect, and [でしょうか] softens the question, so the whole phrase sounds customer-facing.

💬 For number of guests in restaurants, [名] is the polite counter: [1名], [2名], [4名]. It's more formal than [人], which you'll use more in everyday situations.