Restaurant reservations Part 3: Confirming the reservation details, including date, time, and number of guests.

🇯🇵 [すみません] is the normal way to get a staff member's attention politely before your actual request. In Japan it often means both "excuse me" and a light "sorry to bother you," so it sounds softer than just calling out.

💬 [〜たい] is the easy way to say you want to do something: [予約したい] "want to reserve," [行きたい] "want to go." In service situations, Japanese often softens it further with something after it, like [予約したいのですが].

💬 At the end of a request, [のですが] softens what you just said and signals "...so" or "...but" with the rest understood. You'll hear it in openings like [予約したいのですが] or [聞きたいのですが] when someone is about to ask for help.

💬 [〜たい] means "want to do," so [予約したい] is literally "want to make a reservation." The ending [のですが] softens it and makes it sound like the start of a polite request, not a blunt statement.

🇯🇵 [かしこまりました] is very polite service language, so you'll hear it from restaurant or hotel staff more than from friends. It means they've understood and will proceed, stronger and more formal than a simple [わかりました].

🇯🇵 This is classic staff-to-customer language, not something most customers say back. [かしこまりました] is a polished service phrase that signals respectful acceptance of your request.

💬 [名] is a polite counter for people, so staff often ask [何名様] instead of [何人]. You can answer less formally with [4人です], even if they asked with the more polite wording.

💬 [でしょうか] makes a question softer and more polite than plain [ですか]. Compare [何名ですか] with the more customer-service style [何名様でしょうか].